compañeiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese companneiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from compaña (“troop, army”) +‎ -eiro (“-er”); from Late Latin companiō, a calque from Germanic: compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”), Old High German galeipo, from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“together”) + *hlaibaz (“loaf, bread”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kompaˈɲejɾo/ [kom.paˈɲej.ɾʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ejɾo
  • Hyphenation: com‧pa‧ñei‧ro

Noun

compañeiro m (plural compañeiros, feminine compañeira, feminine plural compañeiras)

  1. companion, comrade, colleague
    • 1387, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 417:
      It. mando a meus señores et compañeyros os cardeas que ora sson a cada huun dez mrs. que me rrecomenden en suas oraçoes
      Item, I bequeath my lords and colleagues, the cardinals [of Saint James] that are at the momment, ten maravedis each one for them to commend me in their prayings
  2. spouse; domestic partner
    Synonym: cónxuxe

References

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