ualettum

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21:50 Apr 10, 2015

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Latin term or phrase: ualettum

I am reading about John of Doncaster, and Englishman who fought under Edward III in the Hundred Years War.
However, thre is not a conclusion about his social status, and some historians infer he was high born, while other don't.
In the Chronicle of Anonymous of Canterbury, a passage reads:

Postmodum uero unum ualettum Iohannem de Doncastre anglicum, apud Gynes per Gallicos incarceratum...

It was translated in the lastest version, published on 2008: An English valet, John of Doncaster, who had been imprisoned by the French...

Anyway, I would like to have a more detailed explanation on the word "ualettum", and if possible the word origin.

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According to Du Cange medieval Latin glossary, "valet(t)us" is linked to "vasseletus", with the meaning explained by Merriam Webster in the etymology of (modern English) "valet", from (medieval Latin) "vassellittus" = "young man of noble birth serving a lord, boy, servant".

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