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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vassalo m (plural vassalos)
- vassal; subject
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- 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
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vassalo, from Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vassalo m (plural vassalos)
- vassal (feudalism)
- Antonym: suserano
Derived terms
Adjective
vassalo (feminine vassala, masculine plural vassalos, feminine plural vassalas, not comparable)
- subordinate
- Synonyms: sujeito, subordinado