mordomo

Galician

Etymology

From 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, editor, 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

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mordomo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mordomo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “mordomo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mordomo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈdõ.mu/ [moɦˈdõ.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈdõ.mu/ [moɦˈdõ.mu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moɾˈdõ.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʁˈdõ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻˈdo.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾˈdo.mu/ [muɾˈðo.mu], /mɔɾˈdo.mu/ [mɔɾˈðo.mu]

• Hyphenation: mor‧do‧mo

Noun

mordomo m (plural mordomos)

1. butler