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单词 ancilla
释义 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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