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rentale

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Forms

rentāle n (genitive rentālis); third declension[1]

Etymology

It is a medieval word, which Köbler derives from Latin reddō (“to give back”).[1] Du Cange glosses it with French rente and rentage,[2] and Etymonline explains English rental as coming from it and Anglo-Norman rental.[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Niermeyer defines it as a rent-book or register of rents.[4] Du Cange first understands it as revenue or income, but rather as a register of dues, citing the customs of Brittany and the Scottish Iter Camerarii.[2]

Semantic evolution

Köbler gives the senses “rent” and “income from leases”.[1] English rental appears in the late 14th century, meaning a rent roll and also income from rents.[3]

Timeline

  • late 14th century – English borrows it as rental, a rent roll.[3]

Meanings

Noun

  1. (Medieval Latin) A rental, a register of rents, a rent-book.[4][2]
  2. (Medieval Latin) rent, income from leases.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  2. ^ a b c d du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre
  3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
  4. ^ a b Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill