vassal
English
/ˈvæsəl/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who keeps land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him, normally a lord of a manor; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.
- A subordinate
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vassal derived from Old French vassal derived from Latin vassallus (vassal), vassus (servant) derived from Gaulish *wassos (squire, young man) derived from Proto-Celtic *wastos (servant).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*wastos
Gloss
servant
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- envassal English
- subvassal English
- vassaldom English
- vassaless English
- vassalhood English
- vassalic English
- vassalize English
- vassalry English
- vassalship English
- *vassellittus Latin
- vallettus Latin
- vasallo Latin
- vassallus Latin
- vassus Latin
- Vasall German
- vassal French
- васса́л Russian
- *gaizaz Proto-Germanic
- wasal Polish
- vassal Middle English
- fos Irish
- vasáilleach Irish
- vasáilleacht Irish
- vaslet Old French
- vassal Old French
- vassalment Old French
- vasselage Old French
- gwas Welsh
- gwasanaeth Welsh
- heddwas Welsh
- vassael Middle Dutch
- foss Old Irish
- vassa Norman
- vassalo Old Portuguese
- *wastos Proto-Celtic
- vasallo Old Spanish
- *wassos Gaulish
- uassos Gaulish
- gos Cumbric