camerlingus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === camerlengus, camarlingus, camberlingus, camerlanus, cambellanus === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.mɛrˈlɪŋ.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.merˈliŋ.ɡus] === Noun === camerlingus m (genitive camerlingī); second declension (Medieval Latin) chamberlain (Medieval Latin) serf ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Old French: chamberlein, chamberlain, chaumberlein, chambellan, chamberlayn, chamberlenc, chambreleynMiddle French: chambellan, chambellain, chamberlencFrench: chambellan (see there for further descendants)→ Middle English: chamberlayn, chamberlein, chaumberlein, chaumberleyn, chamberleyn, chamberlainEnglish: chamberlain→ Middle Armenian: ջամբռլայ (ǰambṙlay) Old Occitan: camarlenc→? Old Catalan: camarlengCatalan: camarlenc→ Spanish: camarlengoOccitan: camarlenc Old Italian: camerlingo Italian: camerlengo → English: camerlengo → French: camerlingue === References ===