morsellum

== Latin == === Etymology === From morsum (“piece”) + -ellus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɔrˈsɛl.lũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [morˈsɛl.lum] === Noun === morsellum n (genitive morsellī); second declension (Medieval Latin) a small piece ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Related terms ==== mordeō morsum morsus ==== Descendants ==== Old French: morselMiddle French: morceauFrench: morceau→ English: morceauHaitian Creole: mosoNorman: morcé (Jersey, Guernsey)→ Hungarian: morzsa→ Middle English: morsel, morcelle, morsell, morselle, morsille, morscel, morssel, mursel, mosselle, mossel, musel, mussel (with assimilation)English: morsel (dialectal mossel, mossle)Middle Scots: morcell, morsallScots: morselYola: mossaale === References === "morsellum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)