gramatgo

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin grammaticus. Perhaps inherited instead of semi-learned, to judge by the syncope, and the existence of inherited terms in other medieval Romance languages (see the Latin etymon for cognates). The -tg- cluster may be equivalent to the -dg- cluster typical of 13th-century writing, as in judgar, -adgo. Attested once in the 12th-century Auto de reyes magos (see quotation). Non-synchronous doublet of grammático.

Noun

gramatgo m (plural gramatgos)

1. (hapax) grammarian
   • 12th c., anonymous, Auto de reyes magos 119-124, (ed. by Menéndez Pidal):

     id me por mios abades
     i por mios podestades
     i por mios scribanos
     i por meos gramatgos
     i por mios streleros
     i por mios retoricos