comezo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese começo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); back-formation from comezar. Compare Portuguese começo and Spanish comienzo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koˈmɛθo̝/, (western) /koˈmeso̝/

Noun

comezo m (plural comezos)

  1. beginning, start, origin
    Synonyms: empezo, inicio, orixe, principio

Derived terms
  • Boncomezo (literally “Good Start”) (a village)
  • de comezo

Further reading

References
  • “começo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “começo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “comezo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “comezo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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