mensagero

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• menssagero (alternative spelling)
• mensaiero, mensajero (alternative forms)

Etymology

From mensage (“message”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mensaˈʒeɾo/

Noun

mensagero m (plural mensageros)

1. messenger
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 54r:

     dixo ẏſaẏas a los menſageros q́l embio el reẏ ezechias aſſi dizredes al nŕo ſennor q́ diz el criador Nó temas delas menazas q́ oiſt de los uaſſallos del reẏ de ſur. Afe yo trametre uiéto ¬ oyra tal palabra. por q́stornara aſu tŕa ¬ ẏl fara morir aeſpada.

     Isaiah said the messengers sent to him by king Hezekiah, “You will tell our master that thus says the Creator, ‘Do not fear the threats you have heard from the servants of the king of the south. Lo, I will send wind and he will hear a rumor such that he will return to his land, and there he will be made to die by the sword.’”

Descendants

• Spanish: mensajero

Spanish

Noun

mensagero m (plural mensageros)

1. Obsolete spelling of mensajero