mordomo

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Late Latin maior domus (“steward”), from Latin māior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”). Cognate with Portuguese mordomo and Spanish mayordomo.

• IPA^(key): /mɔɾˈðomo̝/

mordomo m (plural mordomos)

1. (historical) steward
   • 1339, J. L. Novo Cazón (ed.), El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500). A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 281:

     Fernando Eanes, mordomo do couto de San Fis

     Fernando Eanes, steward of the fiefdom of San Fis

2. butler

• mordomádego

• “mordomo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mordomo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mordomo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mordomo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

From Old Portuguese moordomo, mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domus (“steward”), from Latin māior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɔɾˈðomu/, /muɾˈðomu/
• Hyphenation: mor‧do‧mo

mordomo m (plural mordomos)

1. butler