galardão
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese galardon, gualardon, cognate with Spanish galardón; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”) + *launą (“reward”), literally "back-payment".[1] Compare Old French guerdon, Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ga‧lar‧dão
Noun edit
galardão m (plural galardões)
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “galardón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos