vassallaticum

Latin

Alternative forms

  • bassallāticum, vassalāticum, vassalliticum
  • vassallāgium (reborrowed from Romance)
  • vassallicium

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. vassalage (status of being a vassal)

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative vassallāticum vassallātica
genitive vassallāticī vassallāticōrum
dative vassallāticō vassallāticīs
accusative vassallāticum vassallātica
ablative vassallāticō vassallāticīs
vocative vassallāticum vassallātica

Descendants

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

References

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