Bamio

Galician

Etymology

Documented circa 1250 as Vamyo. A Celtic place name: from Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (“under”) + Proto-Celtic *-amo-, a superlative suffix, + Proto-Celtic *-yo-.[1] From Proto-Indo-European *(s)úp-m̥mo- (“uppermost”): Latin summus, Sanskrit उपम (upama), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌼𐌰 (auhuma).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbamjo̝/

Proper noun

Bamio m

  1. A parish of Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra, Galicia.
  2. A village in Santo Eusebio da Peroxa, Coles, Ourense, Galicia.
  3. A toponymical surname​.

References
  • "Bamio" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>
  • Vameo, in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  • "Bamio" in Aquén, Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  1. Moralejo, Juan José (2009). "Hidronimia prerromana de Gallaecia". In Kremer, Dieter. Onomástica galega II : onimia e onomástica prerromana e a situación lingüística do noroeste peninsular : actas do segundo coloquio, Leipzig, 17 3 18 de outubro de 2008. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 83. →ISBN.
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