Etymology

kmet

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Today it means: A serf in Southeastern Europe, especially one holding land under the estate system introduced by the Ottomans and retained in some areas by Austria-Hungary. Full definition →

Serbo-Croatian kmȅt
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  1. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromkmȅt
  2. English todaykmet

From Serbo-Croatian kmȅt. Doublet of count and comes.

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