vassal

Signification

Adj

vassal

Noun

a vassal

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/va.sal/

Étymologie

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).

Phrases

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.