Etymology

seigniory

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Today it means: The estate of a feudal lord. Full definition →

Middle English seignurie ← Old French seignurie
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromseignurie
  2. Middle English · inherited fromseignurie
  3. English todayseigniory

From Middle English seignurie, from Old French seignurie, from seignor + -ie.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishseignurie all →

signory

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.