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

• IPA^(key): /mɔɾˈðomo̝/

Noun

mordomo m (plural mordomos)

1. (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

2. butler

Derived terms

• mordomádego

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

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Portuguese

mordomo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese moordomo, mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domus (“steward”), from Latin māior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔɾˈðomu/, /muɾˈðomu/
• Hyphenation: mor‧do‧mo

Noun

mordomo m (plural mordomos)

1. butler