Added 9 October 2026
feudal
/ˈfjuːdəl/ adjective
Latin root: feodalis Wiktionary
adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about feudal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism.
Origin
From Old French feodal, from Medieval Latin feodalis, from feodum, feudum, fevum (“fief, fee”), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, owndom, property, fee”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle”). By surface analysis, feud (“estate”) + -al. More at fee.
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