English
fee simple absolute in possession
From fee simple + absolute + in + possession.
A compound of fee simple + absolute + in + possession
Old French fief simple
English fee simple
Latin absolvō ‘loosen’
Latin absolūtus ‘unconditional’
Middle French absolut
Middle English absolut
English absolute
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Germanic *in
Proto-West Germanic *in
Old English in
Middle English in ‘inside’
English in
Latin possessiō
English possession
Today it means
noun The unqualified and unrestricted ownership of an estate in land; freehold tenure.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fee simple absolute in possession