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

Noun

mariscalcus m (genitive mariscalcī); second declension (Medieval Latin)[2]

  1. groom (attendant who looks after a horse)
  2. marshal (supreme military commander)
  3. 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
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*marhskalk”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 517
  2. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “mariscalcus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 656
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