Editing Fee simple (section)

== Etymology ==
'''Fee''' – A right in law to the use of land; i.e. a [[fief]]. '''Simple''' – in the unconstrained sense:
# without limit to the inheritance of heirs;
# unrestricted as to transfer of ownership.
The English word ''fee'' ultimately goes back to the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] word ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/péḱu|*péḱu]]'', which refers to moveable wealth, that is, cattle. The Latin word ''pecunia'' {{gloss|money}} also comes from this root and becomes ''pecuniary'' in English. The root appears in Modern German as ''Vieh'' {{gloss|cattle, beast}}.<ref>American Heritage Dictionary of the English language, editions with the Index of Indo-European Roots, under ''peku''</ref>