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English word fee comes from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-, Old French (842-ca. 1400) fief, and later Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (Livestock.)
*peḱ- (Proto-Indo-European)
fief (Old French)
*peku- (Proto-Indo-European)
*péḱu (Proto-Indo-European)
Livestock.
*fehu (Proto-Germanic)
(Runic alphabet) name of the F-rune (ᚠ). Livestock, cattle. Property.
feoh (Old English)
Livestock, cattle. Money. Property. The runic character ᚠ (/f/).
*fehu (Frankish)
Cattle, sheep.
*feus (Vulgar Latin)
fieu (Old French)
Fief.
feoh (Middle English)
fee (English)
(feudal law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.. (legal) An estate of inheritance in land, either absolute and without limitation to any particular class of heirs (fee simple) or limited to a particular class of heirs (fee tail).. (legal) An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the [...]