heriot
/ˈhɛrɪət/
词源链
- 英语English
heriot
词源说明
From Old English hereġeatwa (“military equipment, army gear”).
Per Etymonline: "An Anglo-Saxon service of weapons, loaned by the lord to his retainer and repayable to him upon the retainer's death; sense transferred by 13c. to a feudal due upon the death of a tenant, payable to his lord in beasts."