ancilla

ancilla
/an sil"euh/, n., pl. ancillas.
1. an accessory; auxiliary or adjunct.
2. Archaic. a maidservant.
[1870-75; < L: female slave, maid, prob. anc- + -illa dim. suffix, by reanalysis of ancula maid < *anquola, equiv. to an- (see ANCILE) + *-quola, n. deriv. of a v. base *quel- turn about, hence "one who circles around"; c. Gk amphípolos attendant]

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