leud

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁léwdʰis“man, people”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*liudiz“people”
3. Frankish · derived from*liudi“people”
4. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromleudēs pl“vassals or followers of the king”
5. English todayleud

1750, from Medieval Latin leudēs pl (“vassals or followers of the king”), from Frankish *liudi (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis (“man, people”). Cognate with Old High German liuti (“people, subordinates”) (modern German Leute), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Old English lēod (“chief, man”). Doublet of lede.

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