Where does “métayer” come from?
métayer (French) comes from Old French moitoier, from Late Latin medietarius, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.
métayer (French): sharecropper, metayer
Definitions
- sharecropper, metayer