Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the medieval form Beeytes, from Bieito (Benedict) + the patronymical suffix -ez. Originally meaning "son/daughter of Benedict".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Vieites

  1. a surname transferred from the given name

References

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  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “beeyte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • "Vieites" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.