mordomo
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin maior domus (“steward”), from Latin māior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”). Cognate with Portuguese mordomo and Spanish mayordomo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mordomo m (plural mordomos)
- (historical) steward
- 1339, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 281:
- Fernando Eanes, mordomo do couto de San Fis
- Fernando Eanes, steward of the fiefdom of San Fis
- butler
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “mordomo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “mordomo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “mordomo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “mordomo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese moordomo, mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domus (“steward”), from Latin māior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: mor‧do‧mo
Noun[edit]
mordomo m (plural mordomos)
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