comezo

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese começo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); back-formation from comezar. Compare Portuguese começo and Spanish comienzo.

Alternative forms

• começo (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmɛθo̝/, (western) /koˈmeso̝/

Noun

comezo m (plural comezos)

1. beginning, start, origin

   Synonyms: empezo, inicio, orixe, principio

Derived terms

• Boncomezo (literally “Good Start”) (a village)
• de comezo

Related terms

• comezar

Further reading

• “comezo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “começo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “começo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “comezo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “comezo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Etymology 2

Verb

comezo

1. first-person singular present indicative of comezar