Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From vassallus +‎ -āticum. Attested from the late eighth century CE.[1]

Noun edit

vassallāticum n (genitive vassallāticī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. vassalage (status of being a vassal)

Inflection edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vassallāticum vassallātica
Genitive vassallāticī vassallāticōrum
Dative vassallāticō vassallāticīs
Accusative vassallāticum vassallātica
Ablative vassallāticō vassallāticīs
Vocative vassallāticum vassallātica

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: vassallatge
  • Old French: vasselage (see there for further descendants)
  • Gascon: vassalhatge
  • Occitan: vassalatge

References edit

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “vassallaticum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 815