English
gavelkind
Gavelkind comes from Middle English gavelkynde ‘a kind of land tenure practised in Kent,…’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gavelkynde‘a kind of land tenure practised in Kent, notably involving partible inheritance’
- Englishtodaygavelkind
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gavelkynde‘a kind of land tenure practised in Kent, notably involving partible inheritance’
- Englishtodaygavelkind
Equivalent to gavel ‘rent’ + kind ‘lineage’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- ‘to give, move’
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Proto-Germanic *gebaną ‘to give’
Proto-West Germanic *gabul
Old English gafol ‘tax’
Middle English gavel ‘a tax’
English gavel
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
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Proto-Germanic *kinþiz ‘kind’
Proto-West Germanic *kundi
Old English cynd ‘inherent nature’
Middle English kynde
English kind
Every English word from Middle English gavelkynde
Today it means
noun a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English gavelkynde / gavelkind