Meanings
Origin
- Frankish*all“all”
- Frankish*allaaud“allodium, patrimony”
- Medieval Latinallodium
- Englishallodium
From Medieval Latin allodium, from Frankish *allaaud (“allodium, patrimony”, literally “entire property”), from Frankish *all (“all”) + *aud (“owndom, possessions”). Cognate with Old High German ōt (“property”), Old Saxon ōd (“estate, wealth”), Old English ēad (“possessions”).
More words from Medieval Latin, Frankish
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Catalan alou
- aloufreehold land or property
Chinese Mandarin 自治領 /自治领
- 自治領 /自治领 (zìzhìlǐng)freehold land or property
Czech alod, alodium
- alodfreehold land or property
- alodiumfreehold land or property
French alleu
- alleufreehold land or property
German Allod, Allode
- Allodfreehold land or property
- Allodefreehold land or property
- Allodialbesitzfreehold land or property
Hungarian allódium
- allódiumfreehold land or property
Italian allodio
- allodiofreehold land or property
Latin allodium
- allodiumfreehold land or property
Polish alodium
- alodiumfreehold land or property
Portuguese alódio
- alódiofreehold land or property
Russian алло́д
- алло́д (allód)freehold land or property
Spanish alodio
- alodiofreehold land or property
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“allodium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allodium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “allodium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allodium.
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