cabdiello

Old Spanish

FWOTD – 17 May 2015

Alternative forms

capdiello

Etymology

From Late Latin capitellum (“small head”), diminutive of Latin capitulum, from caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kabˈdje.ʎo]

Noun

cabdiello m (plural cabdiellos)

a military chief or leader
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 30r. col. 2.
  E dixieró q ſubra / de láte nos por cabdiello enla / batalla. Dixo nŕo ſénor iuda / ſubra caẏo dare la tŕa en ſu / mano.
  And they said: "Who shall go up before us as our leader in battle?". Our Lord said: "Judah shall go up, for I will hand him the land."

Related terms

Descendants

Spanish: caudillo
- → Catalan: cabdill (from obsolete form cabdillo)
- → English: caudillo
- → French: caudillo
- → Portuguese: caudilho

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