396 REMARKS ON CERTAIN WORDS IN 



Donjon. Surely from dominatio, the highest or most com- 

 manding part of the place. The Proven9al form is Dompnon. 

 The French word donner in the phrase ' cette fenetre donne sur 

 la rue' is probably not from donare but from dominari, the 

 French word being thus a crasis of two Latin ones. 



Treillis. There are two etymologies given of this word, 

 one in the first, the other in the fourth part of the dictionary : 

 the former from tri-licium, the latter from trichila: the second 

 is probably the right one. 



Hanter. May it not come from hamitare for habitaref The 

 change of b into m is not very uncommon. 



De balde. It does not seem necessary to refer to an Arabic 

 source for this phrase. The filiation of ideas may have been 

 something of this kind: In Lithuanian, balths means white; 

 the " Baltic Sea" is probably a " white sea," as well as that of 

 Archangel. Connected with this idea is that of brightness, as 

 we see in the name Baldur, and in many other northern and 

 German instances. Then comes the idea of doing a thing 

 openly, boldly and avafyavbav, balthaba, as in Ulphilas. Also 

 that of brightening up, making merry, &c. as in the Proven9al 

 Esbaudir. Again, between whiteness and vacuity there is an 

 obvious connexion, as in the word blank: and thus we get to 

 the English bald, &c. and to the Spanish phrases, de balde and 

 en balde. 



Pantois. Paventols was perhaps an earlier form, the meaning 

 being to breathe as a person does when frightened. Compare 

 the Italian Spantare. 



Assouvir. Surely from adsopire. 



Jach&re. There must have been a Latin woid.jacerium from 

 jacere, in the sense of to lie neglected or fallow. 



Charivari. Why the Lille Glossary translates Chativati 

 larnatium appears from the Sachsenspiegel, in which imme- 

 diately after sheep and geese kasten rait upgehavenen leden, &c. 

 are mentioned as part of the Morgengabe. This shows that the 

 word was used not in a ludicrous sense, but seriously. 



Zorzal seems to be simply the German drossel. The English 

 form throstle seems to confirm this. 



Massacre. The root is macella. In Proven9al " War against 

 the Albigeois," Mazel occurs in the sense of carnage. From Macella 

 comes Macellarius, a meat man, easily condensed in French into 



