mordomo
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old 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)
Derived terms
References
- “mordomo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “mordomo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “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 Portuguese moordomo, mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domus (“steward”), from Latin māior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɔɾˈðomu/, /muɾˈðomu/
- Hyphenation: mor‧do‧mo
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