Where does “heriotable” come from?
heriotable (English) comes from English heriot, from Old English hereġeatwa, from Old English hēre, from Proto-West Germanic hari, from Proto-Germanic harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European kóryos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
heriotable (English): Subject to the payment of a heriot
Definitions
- Subject to the payment of a heriot
Ancestry of “heriotable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | heriot | the return of military equipment; a payment made... |
| 2 | Old English | hereġeatwa | — |
| 3 | Old English | hēre | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hari | army |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |