Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus. Compare Leonese vieyo, Aragonese viello

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vieio

  1. old
    • c. 1200, La Fazienda de Ultramar, fol 8v
      Preguntolos Josep e dixo: "Es sano vuestro padre el vieio quem dixiestes?" (...)
      Josep asked them and said, "Is your father healthy, the old man whom you say?" (...)
    • c. 1240, Los Fueros de Cáceres, pag. 6
      Otroſi qi tomar azoꝛ. ó falcon. ho gauilan. uieio.(...)
      Besides taking goshawk or hawk or old sparrowhawk. (...)

Descendants

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  • Spanish: viejo
  • Ladino: viejo, vyejo