Fee
/fiห/noun
Money paid for a service, or payment in general.
Did you know?English fee comes from Old French and ultimately a Germanic root tied to movable wealth, which is why a word for payment grew out of the ancient idea of livestock as riches.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*fehu
โcattle; movable property; wealthโ
Old English
OE
feoh
โcattle; money; propertyโ
Old French
OF
fie
โa payment made to a lord; a feeโ
Middle English
ME
fee
โa payment or compensationโ
Modern English
English
fee
โmoney paid for a serviceโ