mariscalcus
Latin
Johannes de Lattre de Tassigny, mariscalcus Franciae.
Alternative forms
- marescalcus, marescaldus, marescallus, mareschalchus
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *marhaskalk (“groom”), from *marh (“horse”) + *skalk (“attendant”). Compare siniscalcus.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ma.risˈkal.kus/, [märɪs̠ˈkäɫ̪kʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.risˈkal.kus/, [märisˈkälkus]
Noun
mariscalcus m (genitive mariscalcī); second declension (Medieval Latin)[2]
- groom (attendant who looks after a horse)
- marshal (supreme military commander)
- A high-ranking officer of a royal court.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mariscalcus | mariscalcī |
| Genitive | mariscalcī | mariscalcōrum |
| Dative | mariscalcō | mariscalcīs |
| Accusative | mariscalcum | mariscalcōs |
| Ablative | mariscalcō | mariscalcīs |
| Vocative | mariscalce | mariscalcī |
Derived terms
- mariscalcia
Descendants
- Old French: mareschal, marchal, marescal, marescald, marescalc, marschal (see there for further descendants)
- Franco-Provençal: marechâl
- Brionnais: marétsau
- Fribourgeois: martsô
- Italian: maniscalco (possibly mediated through early Gallo-Romance)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*marhskalk”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 517
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “mariscalcus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 656