miragre

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smei-, *mei- (“to smile, to be astonished”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ˈɾa.ɡɾe/

Noun

miragre m (plural miragres)

1. miracle
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 156 (facsimile):

     Eſte miragre fez ſanta m̃ en Cuñegro p̃ un crerigo q̄ cãtaua mui bẽ as as proſas a ſſa loor. ⁊ prenderono ereges ⁊ tallaronlla lingua.

     Holy Mary worked this miracle in Cluny for a cleric who sang very well his proses in her praise, and heretics seized him and cut off his tongue.

Descendants

• Galician: milagre
• Portuguese: milagre