testemuño

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese testimonio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium (“testimony”). Cognate with Portuguese testemunho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [testeˈmuɲʊ]

Noun

testemuño m (plural testemuños)

1. (law) testimony
2. account

Related terms

• testemuña

References

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