| 【fee】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "feoh." It carries the basic meaning of "livestock," and "cattle." |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "fee"]
fee ****[2073] an amount of money that must be paid
fellow ***[2857] A fellow is a man or boy.
[WORD ROOT]root fee
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] fe, fee
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) feoh
[MEANING]root livestock, cattle
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 feoh livestock, cattle; movable property; possessions in livestock, goods, or money; riches, treasure, wealth; money as a medium of exchange or payment
- 【Old Norse】 fe money
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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fee ★★★★[2073] noun from fee
【DEFINITION】 ① an amount of money that must be paid
② an amount that is paid for work done by a doctor, lawyer, etc.
【ROOTs】 fee; fee
【Etymology】 《Old English feoh》 livestock, cattle; movable property; possessions in livestock, goods, or money; riches, treasure, wealth; money as a medium of exchange or payment
【DERIVATIVEs】 feeless, fee
fellow ★★★[2857] noun
【DEFINITION】 A fellow is a man or boy.
【pl.】 fellows
【ROOTs】 ⑴ fe(fee); fee ⑵ l; - ⑶ low(law);
【Etymology】 《Old Norse felag》 [fe("cattle, money")+lag("act of laying")] partnership
【First Known Meaning】 companion, comrade,
Other words containing "fee"; bedfellow, disfellowship, enfeoff, feeless, fee-simple, fee-tail, fellowman, fellowship, fellow-traveler, feoff, feoffee, feoffment, feudal, feudalism, fief, fiefdom, playfellow, yokefellow
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
favor
fast
fascin
fare
far-, fat-, fam-
far
famili
fall-, false-
fair
fac, fact, -fect, fic
