noun · neutersecond declension
feudum
feudum n (genitive feudī)
Classical[ˈfɛu̯.dũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfɛːu̯.dum]
Meaning
- Medieval LatinneuterA fief, fee.
ea conventio a feudo degenerat cujus eſt Natura ut incerta ſint ſervitia
1792, Sir Martin Wright, Introduction to the law of tenures, section 21:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | feudum | feuda fea, feoda |
| genitive | feudī feī, feodī | feudōrum feodōrum, feōrum |
| dative | feudō feō, feodō | feudīs feīs, feodīs |
| accusative | feudum | feuda fea, feoda |
| ablative | feudō feō, feodō | feudīs feīs, feodīs |
| vocative | feudum | feuda fea, feoda |
Origins
Borrowed from Old French or Old Occitan feu/fieu, which was borrowed from Frankish *fehu (“livestock, cattle”), which stems from Proto-Germanic *fehu. The -d- in feudum, feodum was inserted under influence of Latin allōdium, also of Frankish origin. Or possibly the term is borrowed from Frankish *fehu-ôd. Latin feudum is cognate to Catalan feu, which too is borrowed from Frankish *fehu. It is also a doublet of pecu, which is inherited from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu, the same root of Germanic *fehu (wherein, by action of Grimm's Law, the /p/ became /f/, and /k/ was aspirated into /h/).
Descendants
- Italianfeudo
- Romanianfeudăfrom Italian feudo
- Spanishfeudo
- Portuguesefeudo
- Englishfeudfrom Middle English feud
- Asturianfeudu
- Greekφέουδοfrom Italian feudo
- Old Frenchfeud