cabezolo

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Italic *kaput

Latin caput

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin capitium

Old Galician-Portuguese cabeça

Galician cabeza

Galician -olo

Galician cabezolo

From cabeza (“head”) + -olo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑβeˈθɔlʊ], (western) [kɑβeˈsɔlʊ]

Noun

cabezolo m (plural cabezolos)

1. tadpole

   Synonym: cágado

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “cabezolo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabezolo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabezolo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN