Etymology

vavasour

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Today it means: a subvassal; someone holding their lands from a vassal of the crown rather than from the crown directly Full definition →

Middle English vavasour ← Old French vavasour ← Medieval Latin vavassor
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromvavassor
  2. Old French · derived fromvavasour
  3. Middle English · inherited fromvavasour
  4. English todayvavasour

From Middle English vavasour, from Old French vavasour, from Medieval Latin vavassor, perhaps from vassus vassōrum (“vassal of vassals”).

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