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)

vassal; subject
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, 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/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈsa.lo/

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

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

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