fief · stronghold (district where a particular political party is usually assured of victory)
çekim: çoğul fiefs
köken: From Old French fief, borrowed from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum, from Old Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *peḱu- (“sheep”). Cognate with Old High German fihu (“cattle, neat”), Old English feoh (“cattle, property, money”). More at fee.
köken: From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of boulevard.
La mejor arma es la oración y el más terrible baluarte las virtudes y el buen ejemplo.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese abrigo (“a place where one is sheltered from the elements or harm”), from abrigar, of disputed origin: possibly from Late Latin *abrīgāre (“to cover, shelter”), from a- + *brīgāre, from Frankish *biwrīhan (“to cover, protect”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”) + *wrīhaną (“to cover, clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ-, *werǵ- (“to twist, weave, tie together”).…
Me deixe viver ou viva comigo Me mande embora ou me faça de abrigo
köken: From Old Swedish bolverk or bulværk, from Middle Low German bolwerk. Superficially equivalent to bål (“bole; stem; sturdy plank”) + verk. Doublet of bulevard. Cognate of German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Dutch bolwerk, English bulwark, French boulevard.
right of asylum, asylum, refuge, sanctuary (protection offered to a refugee) · asylum, refuge, sanctuary (safe place) · shelter (a place of safety for animals)
çekim: çoğul azyle · tamlayan azylu
köken: Etymology tree Latin asȳlumlbor. Polish azyl Learned borrowing from Latin asȳlum.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin fugiō Latin refugiō Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin refugium From refugiō (“flee back, escape”) + -ium.