testemuño

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese testimonio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium (“testimony”). Cognate with Portuguese testemunho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [testeˈmuɲʊ]

Noun

testemuño m (plural testemuños)

1. (law) testimony
2. account

Related terms

• testemuña

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “testemoyo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “testimo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “testemuño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “testemuño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega