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abesouro

Galician edit

 
Abesouro

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Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese abesouro, of unknown origin. Perhaps a composite from Latin apis (“bee”) and a derivative of Germanic *sauzaz (“dry; red-brown”).[1] Cognate with Portuguese besouro (“beetle”).

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abesouro m (plural abesouros)

  1. bumblebee

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References edit

  • “abesouro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “abesouro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “abesoiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “abesouro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “abesouro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “abeja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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