vassal

Betekenis

Adj

vassal

Noun

a vassal

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/va.sal/

Etimologie

From Old French vassal, from Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from Latin vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas).

Sinne

Roboam devient un vassal de Sheshonq, et lui laisse les trésors pillés comme tribut .

Roboam becomes a vassal of Sheshonq, and leaves him the looted treasures as tribute.