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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfa.mʊ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfaː.mu.la]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''famula''' ''f'' (genitive famulae, masculine famulus); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ An inscription spells it ''famola''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the feminine of [[famulus]] “servant”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨famulus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*famelos|t=slave]], perhaps from [[ine-pro|*dʰh₁-m-elo-|t=foundation]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's earliest source is Lucretius, whom he dates 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was a serving woman, a maid.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was a servant, a maidservant, .^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a female servant, also figuratively.^(DMLBS) Köbler records it in a charter of 861.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 861 – a charter uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A serving woman, [[m|en|maid]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # (figurative) A [[m|en|handmaid]].^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[famulātiō]]
+ * [[famulātus]]
+ * [[famulō]]
+ * [[famulor]]
+ * [[famulus]]
+ * [[familia]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}