desexo

Galician

Alternative forms

• desejo (reintegrationist)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *sed-der.

Proto-Italic *sedēō

Latin sedeō

Latin dēsideo

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Latin -s

Latin dēses

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)der.

Ancient Greek -υς (-us)?

Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)?

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.

Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă)

Ancient Greek -ειᾰ (-eiă)der.

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă)

Ancient Greek -ειᾰ (-eiă)der.

Latin -ia

Latin dēsidia

Latin de-

Latin *sīder-

Latin dēsīderō

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin dēsīderiuminflu.

Early Medieval Latin dēsideus

Old Galician-Portuguese desejo

Galician desexo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese desejo, from Early Medieval Latin dēsideus (“desire”), from Latin dēsidia (“sloth, debauchery”). Compare Portuguese desejo, and Spanish deseo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdeˈseʃo/ [ˌd̪eˈs̺e.ʃʊ]
• Rhymes: -eʃo

Noun

desexo m (plural desexos)

1. desire, wish

   Se os desexos fosen valedeiros, os viláns serían cabaleiros (proverb)

   If wishes were to be make true, villains would be knights

Derived terms

• a desexo (“freely; as much as wanted”)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “desejo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “desejo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “desexo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “desexo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology 2

Verb

desexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of desexar