vasallo

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Galician

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vascullo or vasallo

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a derivative of Proto-Celtic *baskis (bundle) and the Galician suffix -allo, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (bundle). Cognate with Latin fascis (bundle, faggot).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈsaɟo/ [baˈs̺a̠.ɟʊ]
  • Rhymes: -aɟo
  • Hyphenation: va‧sa‧llo

Noun

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vasallo m (plural vasallos)

  1. broom (a bundle of shrubs used for cleaning the oven)

References

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Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin vassallus (retainer).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vasallo m (plural vasallos)

  1. vassal, servant
    • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 11r. b.
      E ſubieron cõ el todos ſos vaſallos de pharaon. los mayores de su caſa de pharaon & todos los mayores de egypto.
      And all of Pharaoh's vassals went forth with him; the elders of the house of Pharaoh and all the elders of Egypt.

Descendants

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  • Spanish: vasallo

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin vassallus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /baˈsaʝo/ [baˈsa.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /baˈsaʎo/ [baˈsa.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /baˈsaʃo/ [baˈsa.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /baˈsaʒo/ [baˈsa.ʒo]

 

  • Syllabification: va‧sa‧llo

Adjective

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vasallo (feminine vasalla, masculine plural vasallos, feminine plural vasallas)

  1. vassal, serving

Noun

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vasallo m (plural vasallos)

  1. vassal

Derived terms

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Further reading

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