fief

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From Old French fief, of Germanic origin. Related to fee.

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fief (plural fiefs)

  1. An estate held of a superior on condition of military service.
  2. Something over which one has rights or exercises control.
  3. (metaphor) An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.

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Etymology [edit]

From Old French fief, borrowed from Medieval Latin fevum[1], a variant of feudum, from Old Frankish *fehu (cattle, livestock), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (cattle, sheep), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *peḱu- (sheep). Cognate with Old High German fihu (cattle, neat), Old English feoh (cattle, property, money). More at fee.

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fief m (plural fiefs)

  1. fief

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  1. ^ Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, ISBN 978-2-84902-424-9