Cortes
English
editEtymology 1
editProper noun
editCortes (plural Corteses or Cortes)
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editCortes
See also
editAnagrams
editCebuano
editAlternative forms
edit- Cortez — surname
Etymology
editFrom Spanish Cortés, descriptive surname from cortés (“polite”). Compare Cortez, from a variant spelling, by analogy with surnames ending with -ez (patronymic suffix).
For the municipality (formerly named Pamingwitan), multiple theories exist:
- Named after Cortés, a village in Navarre, Spain
- Named in honor of Hernán Cortés, conqueror of the Aztec Empire.
- From cortésimo
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCortés
- a surname from Spanish: Cortes, Cortés
- Cortes (a municipality of Bohol, Philippines)
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:Cortes.
Spanish
editEtymology
editA proper noun usage of cortes (“courts, chambers”) from Vulgar Latin cōrtēs, plural of cōrs, cōrtis, a short form via syncope of Latin cohortem (“court; enclosure”) from co- + hortus (“garden, country house, villa”) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”) from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCortes f pl
- any of several legislative assemblies of Spain and Portugal; parliamentary chambers which exercise the power to craft legislation and control the actions of government as elected representatives of the public or, historically, in an advisory role to a reigning monarch
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “corte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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- Rhymes:Spanish/oɾtes
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