vassallus

Latin

Extended form of vassus, from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas).

vassallus m (genitive vassallī); second declension

Second declension.

Old French: vassal
- Old French: vasselage, vassalage, vassallage
  - Middle French: vasselage, vasselaige, vassellage
    - French: vasselage
  - → Middle English: vasselage, vassellage, vassallage
    - English: vassalage
  - → Italian: vassallaggio
  - → Old Occitan: vassalatge
    - Old Catalan: vassallatge
      - Catalan: vassallatge
    - Occitan: vassalatge
  - → Spanish: vasallaje, vasallage
- Middle French: vassal
  - French: vassal
    - → Czech: vazal
    - → Danish: vasal
    - → Polish: wasal
    - → Russian: васса́л (vassál); вассальный (vassalʹnyj)
      - → Armenian: վասալ (vasal)
    - → Serbo-Croatian: vàzāl
- Norman: vassa
- → Middle Dutch: vassael, vasael, vasal, vasseel
  - Dutch: vazal
- → Middle English: vassal
  - Middle English: vassal, vasal
- → Middle High German: vassal
  - German: Vassal
Galician: vasalo
Italian: vassallo
Portuguese: vassalo
Old Occitan:
- Old Catalan: vassall, uassal, uassall, vasal
  - Catalan: vassall
- Occitan: vassal
Old Spanish: vasallo, uasallo, uassallo, uasiello, vassallo
- Spanish: vasallo
→ Finnish: vasalli, vasallius; vasallimaa; vasallivaltio
→ Irish: vasáilleach

vassallus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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