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adega

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Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adega (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier *abdega, from *abodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, storehouse). Doublet of bodega and botica. Compare Portuguese adega.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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adega f (plural adegas)

  1. cellar (collection of wine)
    • 1484, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 127:
      Iten, mando mays á dita Contança Gonçales, miña muller, a quarta parte da adega dos Vrancos, por quanto eu e ela conpramos a metade da dita adega a Meen Suares Galinato, e mándolle mays a cuba en que teño o viño branco e mays outras duas cubas que son dentro ena dita adega aa maao esquerda, vasyas, que teñen cada una doze moyos de lagar
      Item, I devise said Constanza González, my wife, a fourth of the wine cellar of Os Brancos, since we both together bought a half of said cellar from Men Suarez Galiñato; and I also bequeath a cask in which I have the white wine, and also two other casks that are inside that wine cellar, on the left, empty, each one having twelve modii
  2. bodega, winery
  3. shed, outbuilding

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References

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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From earlier abdega, from *abodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, storehouse). Compare Galician adega.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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adega f (plural adegas)

  1. cellar (collection of wine)

Descendants

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  • Galician: adega
  • Portuguese: adega

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Adega

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adega, from earlier abdega, from *abodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, storehouse). Cognate with Galician adega. Doublet of apoteca, bodega, botica, and butique.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: a‧de‧ga

Noun

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adega f (plural adegas)

  1. cellar (collection of wine)
  2. bodega

Derived terms

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Further reading

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