vassalo
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vassalo m (plural vassalos)
- vassal; subject
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 3 (facsimile):
- Eſta é de como ſanta maria fez cobrar a Theophilo a carta que fezera cono demo u ſe tornou ſeu vaſſalo.
- This one is (about) how Holy Mary recovered for Theophilos the contract he had made with the Devil and became his vassal.
- Eſta é de como ſanta maria fez cobrar a Theophilo a carta que fezera cono demo u ſe tornou ſeu vaſſalo.
Descendants edit
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vassalo, from Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vassalo m (plural vassalos)
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Adjective edit
vassalo (feminine vassala, masculine plural vassalos, feminine plural vassalas, not comparable)
- subordinate
- Synonyms: sujeito, subordinado