vasallo

• basallo, bascallo, bascullo, vascallo, vascullo
• basalho (reintegrationist)

From a derivative of Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle”) and the Galician suffix -allo, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle”). Cognate with Latin fascis (“bundle, faggot”).

• IPA^(key): /baˈsaɟo/ [baˈs̺a̠.ɟʊ]
• Rhymes: -aɟo
• Hyphenation: va‧sa‧llo

vasallo m (plural vasallos)

1. broom (a bundle of shrubs used for cleaning the oven)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vasallo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vasallo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vasallo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• uasallo, uassallo, uasiello, vassallo

From Late Latin vassallus (“retainer”).

• IPA^(key): /βaˈsaʎo/

vasallo m (plural vasallos)

1. vassal, servant
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 11r. b.

     E ſubieron cõ el todos ſos vaſallos de pharaon. los mayores de su caſa de pharaon & todos los mayores de egypto.

     And all of Pharaoh's vassals went forth with him; the elders of the house of Pharaoh and all the elders of Egypt.

• Spanish: vasallo

Inherited from Late Latin vassallus.

• Syllabification: va‧sa‧llo

vasallo (feminine vasalla, masculine plural vasallos, feminine plural vasallas)

1. vassal, serving

vasallo m (plural vasallos)

1. vassal

• “vasallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024