vassallaticum

Latin

Alternative forms

• bassallāticum, vassalāticum, vassalliticum
• vassallāgium (reborrowed from Romance)
• vassallicium

Etymology

From vassallus +‎ -āticum. Attested from the late eighth century CE.

Noun

vassallāticum n (genitive vassallāticī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. vassalage (status of being a vassal)

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vassallāticum	vassallātica
Genitive	vassallāticī	vassallāticōrum
Dative	vassallāticō	vassallāticīs
Accusative	vassallāticum	vassallātica
Ablative	vassallāticō	vassallāticīs
Vocative	vassallāticum	vassallātica

Descendants

• Catalan: vassallatge
• Old French: vasselage (see there for further descendants)
• Gascon: vassalhatge
• Occitan: vassalatge

References

• vassallaticum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)