English
fiefholder
From fief + holder.
Proto-Indo-European *peku-
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Frankish *fehu ‘cattle, livestock’
Medieval Latin fevum
Old French fief
Middle French fief
English fief
Proto-Germanic *haldaną ‘to hold, to keep’
Proto-West Germanic *haldan ‘to hold’
Old English healdan ‘to hold fast, to grasp’
Middle English holden ‘to hold’
English hold
English holder
Today it means
noun The holder of a fief.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fiefholder