arcaísmo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin archaismus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós, “an antiquated phrase or style”), from ἀρχαίζω (arkhaízō, “to model one's style upon that of ancient writers”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arcaísmo m (plural arcaísmos)
- archaism (an archaic word or expression)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “arcaísmo” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “arcaísmo” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “arcaísmo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “arcaísmo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “arcaísmo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “arcaísmo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin archaismus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós, “an antiquated phrase or style”), from ἀρχαίζω (arkhaízō, “to model one's style upon that of ancient writers”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arcaísmo m (plural arcaísmos)
- archaism (an archaic word or expression)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “arcaísmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014