paravail

adjective

1. At the bottom; lowest (said of feudal tenants).

   Of the estate adjoining Cottesford the paravail tenants were members of the family who took their name from that village, and were resident in it, de Cotfelde or[…]

Where it comes from

From Old French par aval (“below”), from par (“through”) (Latin per) + aval (“down”), from a- (Latin ad) + val (“a valley”) (Latin vallis). Compare paramount.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry paravail (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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