camerlingus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Frankish *kamarling (chamberlain).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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camerlingus m (genitive camerlingī); second declension[1][2]

  1. (Medieval Latin) chamberlain
  2. (Medieval Latin) serf

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “camerlengus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 120
  2. ^ camerlingus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)