cabdiello

Old Spanish

FWOTD – 17 May 2015

Alternative forms

• capdiello

Etymology

From Late Latin capitellum (“small head”), diminutive of Latin capitulum, from caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kabˈdje.ʎo]

Noun

cabdiello m (plural cabdiellos)

1. a military chief or leader
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 30r. col. 2.

     E dixieró q ſubra / de láte nos por cabdiello enla / batalla. Dixo nŕo ſénor iuda / ſubra caẏo dare la tŕa en ſu / mano.

     And they said: "Who shall go up before us as our leader in battle?". Our Lord said: "Judah shall go up, for I will hand him the land."

Related terms

• cabdal
• cabeça

Descendants

• Spanish: caudillo, cabdillo (obsolete)
  • → Catalan: cabdill (from obsolete form cabdillo)
  • → English: caudillo
  • → French: caudillo
  • → Portuguese: caudilho
  • → Russian: кауди́льо (kaudílʹo)