mordomo
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin maior domus (“steward”), from Latin māior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”). Cognate with Portuguese mordomo and Spanish mayordomo.
Pronunciation
Noun
mordomo m (plural mordomos)
- (historical) steward
- 1339, J. L. Novo Cazón (ed.), El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500). A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 281:
- Fernando Eanes, mordomo do couto de San Fis
- Fernando Eanes, steward of the fiefdom of San Fis
- Fernando Eanes, mordomo do couto de San Fis
- 1339, J. L. Novo Cazón (ed.), El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500). A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 281:
- butler
Derived terms
References
- Template:R:DDGM
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mordomo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese moordomo, mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domus (“steward”), from Latin māior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: mor‧do‧mo
Noun
mordomo m (plural mordomos)
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