cortesanía

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian corte

Italian -igiano

Italian cortigianobor.

Spanish cortesano

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Spanish -ía

Spanish cortesanía

From cortesano + -ía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾtesaˈnia/ [koɾ.t̪e.saˈni.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: cor‧te‧sa‧ní‧a

Noun

cortesanía f (plural cortesanías)

1. politeness

   Synonym: cortesía

Further reading

• “cortesanía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025