Noun: mordomo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | mordomo |
| Plural m | mordomos |
Sample Sentences
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Fernando Eanes, mordomo do couto de San Fis (Fernando Eanes, steward of the fiefdom of San Fis) [1339, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 281:]
Nouns inflected like mordomo
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin maior domūs (“steward”), from Latin maior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”). Cognate with Portuguese mordomo and Spanish mayordomo. See: Latin Nouns '
maior', Portuguese Nouns '
mordomo', Spanish Nouns '
mayordomo'.
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