vassalo

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ˈs̺a.l̪o/

Noun

vassalo m (plural vassalos)

1. vassal; subject
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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.

Descendants

• Galician: vasalo
• Portuguese: vassalo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vassallo (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vassalo, from Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈsa.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈsa.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈsa.lo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈsa.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈsa.lu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈsa.lu/

Noun

vassalo m (plural vassalos)

1. vassal (feudalism)

   Antonym: suserano

Derived terms

• avassalar
• vassalagem
• vassalar

 

Adjective

vassalo (feminine vassala, masculine plural vassalos, feminine plural vassalas, not comparable)

1. subordinate

   Synonyms: sujeito, subordinado