vassallus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Extended form of vassus, from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vassallus m (genitive vassallī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vassallus | vassallī |
Genitive | vassallī | vassallōrum |
Dative | vassallō | vassallīs |
Accusative | vassallum | vassallōs |
Ablative | vassallō | vassallīs |
Vocative | vassalle | vassallī |
Descendants[edit]
- Old French: vassal
- Old French: vasselage, vassalage, vassallage
- Middle French: vasselage, vasselaige, vassellage
- French: vasselage
- → Middle English: vasselage, vassellage, vassallage
- English: vassalage
- → Italian: vassallaggio
- → Old Occitan: vassalatge
- Old Catalan: vassallatge
- Catalan: vassallatge
- Occitan: vassalatge
- Old Catalan: vassallatge
- → Spanish: vasallaje, vasallage
- Middle French: vasselage, vasselaige, vassellage
- Middle French: vassal
- Norman: vassa
- → Middle Dutch: vassael, vasael, vasal, vasseel
- Dutch: vazal
- → Middle English: vassal
- → Middle High German: vassal
- German: Vassal
- Old French: vasselage, vassalage, vassallage
- Galician: vasalo
- Italian: vassallo
- Portuguese: vassalo
- Old Occitan:
- Old Spanish: vasallo, uasallo, uassallo, uasiello, vassallo
- Spanish: vasallo
- → Finnish: vasalli, vasallius; vasallimaa; vasallivaltio
- → Irish: vasáilleach
References[edit]
- vassallus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)