mayordomo
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mayordomo (plural mayordomos)
- A butler or majordomo in Spain or Latin America.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin maior domūs (literally “principal (servant) of the house”).
Noun edit
mayordomo m (plural mayordomos, feminine mayordoma, feminine plural mayordomas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mayordomo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domūs.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mayordomo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜓ)
- majordomo
- Synonyms: bandahali, punong-katiwala
Related terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “mayordomo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 410: “Mayordomo) Mayoldomo (pp) C. de la comunidad Igleſia”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 106