Etymology

corvee

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Today it means: Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord. Full definition →

French corvée ← Late Latin conrogāta ← Latin conrogāre
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  1. Latin · derived fromconrogāre“call together by entreaty”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromconrogāta
  3. French · borrowed fromcorvée
  4. English todaycorvee

From French corvée, from Late Latin conrogāta, derived from Latin conrogāre (“call together by entreaty”).

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