villeinage
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English vilenage, villeinage, villenage, from Old French vilenage, villenage, Anglo-Norman vileinage, villeinage, and Medieval Latin vileināgium, villenāgium.[1] By surface analysis, villein + -age.
Noun
[edit]villeinage (countable and uncountable, plural villeinages)
Translations
[edit]serfdom — see serfdom
References
[edit]- ^ “vileināǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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