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Where does “allodial” come from?

allodial (Middle French) comes from Latin allodialis, from Latin allodium, from Frankish *allaaud, from Frankish -aud.

Ancestry of “allodial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinallodialisheld in freehold
2Latinallodium—
3Frankish*allaaud—
4Frankish-aud—

Words derived from “allodial”

  • allodial
  • allodially
  • allodialist
  • allodialism
  • nonallodial
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