vassallus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === vasallus, wasallus, vassalus, vassallis, bassallus, fasellus, fassellus === Etymology === Extended form of vassus, from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸostos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas). The form vassus is first attested in the Salic Law of the 6th century, meaning “servant, serf”; “feudal vassal” is attested by the 9th century. === Pronunciation === (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vasˈsal.lus] === Noun === vassallus m (genitive vassallī); second declension (Medieval Latin) servant, serf vassal ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== vassallāticum ==== Descendants ==== === References === "vassallus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “vassallus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “vassallus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 1061–63