"pucele" meaning in Old French

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Noun

Forms: pucele oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], puceles [oblique, plural], pucele [nominative, singular], puceles [nominative, plural]
Etymology: First attested in the 10th century as pulcella, from Vulgar Latin *pūllicella, of disputed origin. Possibly a diminutive of Latin pullus (“young of animals, chick”), or pullus as a contraction of *purulus, from purus (“pure”). Alternatively from Latin puella (“girl”) through a Vulgar Latin root *puellicella. Etymology templates: {{uder|fro|VL.|*pūllicella}} Vulgar Latin *pūllicella, {{uder|fro|la|pullus||young of animals, chick}} Latin pullus (“young of animals, chick”), {{uder|fro|la|puella||girl}} Latin puella (“girl”) Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} pucele oblique singular, f (oblique plural puceles, nominative singular pucele, nominative plural puceles)
  1. a young, unmarried woman
    Sense id: en-pucele-fro-noun-VPm1ZbNy
  2. (by extension) a virgin Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-pucele-fro-noun-L44M1Q1- Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French undefined derivations Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Old French undefined derivations: 4 96

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