λοστρόμος

Greek

Borrowed from Italian nostromo with dissimilation of consonants [n]-[m] > [l]-[m], from Catalan nostramo or Spanish nuestramo < nuestro (“our”) amo (“master”),^[1] used in 16th century slave galleys as "overseer".^[2]

λοστρόμος • (lostrómos) m (plural λοστρόμοι)

Declension of λοστρόμος

^ λοστρόμος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
^ λοστρόμος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre