Where does “feudo” come from?

feudo (Latin) comes from Latin feudum, from Frankish fehu, from Proto-Germanic fehu, from Proto-Indo-European péḱu, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

feudo (Latin): to enfeoff

Definitions

  1. to enfeoff

Ancestry of “feudo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfeudumA fief, fee
2Frankishfehulivestock, cattle; cattle, owndom, property, fee;...
3Proto-Germanicfehulivestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “feudo”

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