Movatterモバイル変換

Advertisement

Want to remove ads?Log in to see fewer ads, and become aPremium Member to remove all ads.

Origin and history of chattel

chattel(n.)

early 13c.,chatel "property, goods," from Old Frenchchatel "chattels, goods, wealth, possessions, property; profit; cattle," from Late Latincapitale "property" (seecattle, which is the Old North French form of the same word). Application to slaves is from 1640s and the word later became a rhetorical figure among the abolitionists.

also from early 13c.

Entries linking to chattel

mid-13c., "property" of any kind, including money, land, or income; from Anglo-Frenchcatel "property" (Old North Frenchcatel, Old Frenchchatel), from Medieval Latincapitale "property, stock," noun use of neuter of Latin adjectivecapitalis "principal, chief," literally "of the head," fromcaput (genitivecapitis) "head" (from PIE root*kaput- "head"). Compare sense development offee,pecuniary. Also comparechattel, which is a doublet.

in later Middle English especially "movable property, livestock" (early 14c.), including horses, sheep, asses, etc.; it began to be limited to "cows and bulls" from late 16c.

Advertisement

Want to remove ads?Log in to see fewer ads, and become aPremium Member to remove all ads.

More to explore

formerly in English law, "a personal chattel which, having been the immediate cause of the death of a person, was forfeited...

late 14c., "private, pertaining to the self or to a self-conscious individual; performed by the individual himself," from Old French personal (12c., Modern French personnel), from Late Latin personalis "pertaining to a person," from Latin persona (see person). The meaning "applic

"heavenly body which revolves about the earth monthly," Middle English mone, from Old English mona, from Proto-Germanic *menon- (source also of Old Saxon and Old High German mano, Old Frisian mona, Old Norse mani, Danish maane, Dutch maan, German Mond, Gothic mena "moon"), from P

1540s, from French insidieux "insidious" (15c.) or directly from Latin insidiosus "deceitful, cunning, artful, treacherous," from insidiae (plural) "plot, snare, ambush," from insidere "sit on, occupy," from in- "in" (from PIE root *en "in") + sedere "to sit," from PIE root *sed-

Middle English deken, "one who reads the Gospel in divine worship, one of a body of assistants to a priest or other clergyman," from Old English deacon, diacon, from Late Latin diaconus, from Greek diakonos "servant of the church, religious official," literally "servant," from di

1690s, "completely skilled, well-versed," from Latin adeptus "having reached or attained," past participle of adipisci "to come up with, arrive at," figuratively "to attain to, acquire," from ad "to" (see ad-) + apisci "to grasp, attain" (related to aptus "fitted," from PIE root

mid-14c., "subtle, sophisticated;" late 14c., "eager to know, inquisitive, desirous of seeing" (often in a bad sense), also "wrought with or requiring care and art;" from Old French curios "solicitous, anxious, inquisitive; odd, strange" (Modern French curieux) and directly from

c. 1400, surveien, "consider, contemplate," from Anglo-French surveier, Old French sorveoir "look (down) at, look upon, notice; guard, watch," from Medieval Latin supervidere "oversee, inspect," from Latin super "over" (see super-) + videre "to see" (from PIE root *weid- "to see"

c. 1300, "relation by marriage" (as opposed to consanguinity), from Old French afinite "relationship, kinship; neighborhood, vicinity" (12c., Modern French affinité), from Latin affinitatem (nominative affinitas) "relationship by marriage; neighborhood," noun of state from affini

early 15c., capacite, "ability to contain; size, extent;" also "ability" in a legal, moral, or intellectual sense, from Old French capacité "ability to hold" (15c.), from Latin capacitatem (nominative capacitas) "breadth, capacity, capability of holding much," noun of state from

Sharechattel

Page URL:

HTML Link:

APA Style:

Chicago Style:

MLA Style:

IEEE Style:

Advertisement

Want to remove ads?Log in to see fewer ads, and become aPremium Member to remove all ads.

Trending

Dictionary entries nearchattel

Advertisement

Want to remove ads?Log in to see fewer ads, and become aPremium Member to remove all ads.

Want to remove ads?Log in to see fewer ads, and become aPremium Member to remove all ads.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[8]ページ先頭

©2009-2026 Movatter.jp