vassalatge

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin vassallāticum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French vasselage.

Noun

vassalatge m (oblique plural vassalatges, nominative singular vassalatges, nominative plural vassalatge)

1. vassalage; vassaldom (state of being a vassal)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vassallus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 197 (lists Old Occitan as vasalatge)