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From Old Galician-Portuguese avoo, from Iberian Early Medieval Latin avolo,[1] from Vulgar Latin *av(i)olum, ultimately from Latin avus.
avó m (plural avós, feminine avoa, feminine plural avoas)
- grandfather
- (in the plural) grandparents
1269, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 245:
meu auoo don Ruy Zerbo e sa moler dona Marina Sanchez, que foron meus auoos
- my grandfather Don Roi Cerbo and his wife Dona Mariña Sánchez, who were my granparents
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “avoo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “auoo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avó”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “avó”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “avó”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese avoa, from Late Latin aviola, diminutive of Latin avia.
- Hyphenation: a‧vó
avó f (plural avós, masculine avô, masculine plural avôs)
- grandmother, female grandparent