Words that come from Gaulish “wassos”

67 words across 21 languages descend from Gaulish wassos — including valet, vassal, varlet, vassaldom, vavasour, vassalic, vassalship, vassalry.

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English (15)

French (6)

Old French (6)

Portuguese (6)

Latin (5)

Italian (4)

Norman (4)

Medieval Latin (3)

Middle French (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Russian (2)

Irish (2)

Spanish (2)

Dutch (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Greek (1)

Danish (1)

Polish (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Late Latin (1)

Middle English (1)