Noun: aio
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | aio |
| Singular f | aia |
| Plural m | aios |
| Plural f | aias |
Sample Sentences
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Et sabede que nõ ouuerõ mester ayos, ca todo aprendíã moy bẽ de seu, quanto lles cõvĩjna. (And you must know that they didn't need tutors, because all they learned very well by themselves, everything that suited them) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 735:]
Nouns inflected like aio
preguiceiro,
metafísico,
serbio,
entomólogo,
estreleiro,
cunqueiro,
becerro,
palestino,
granxeiro,
georgiano,
kiribatiano,
escandinavo,
chadiano,
tamborileiro,
antónimo,
búlgaro,
alcohólico,
milenario,
mauritano,
anglofóbico, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since circa 1300. Either from the feminine aia, itself supposedly from Latin avia (“grandmother”), or from Gothic *𐌷𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰 (*hagja, “protector”). Cognate with Portuguese aio and Spanish ayo. See: Latin Nouns '
avia', Portuguese Nouns '
aio', Spanish Nouns '
ayo'.
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