adega

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Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adega (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier *abdega, from *abodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, storehouse). Doublet of bodega and botica. Compare Portuguese adega.

Pronunciation

Noun

adega f (plural adegas)

  1. cellar (collection of wine)
    • 1484, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 127:
      Iten, mando mays á dita Contança Gonçales, miña muller, a quarta parte da adega dos Vrancos, por quanto eu e ela conpramos a metade da dita adega a Meen Suares Galinato, e mándolle mays a cuba en que teño o viño branco e mays outras duas cubas que son dentro ena dita adega aa maao esquerda, vasyas, que teñen cada una doze moyos de lagar
      Item, I devise said Constanza González, my wife, a fourth of the wine cellar of Os Brancos, since we both together bought a half of said cellar from Men Suarez Galiñato; and I also bequeath a cask in which I have the white wine, and also two other casks that are inside that wine cellar, on the left, empty, each one having twelve modii
  2. bodega, winery
  3. shed, outbuilding

Derived terms

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From earlier abdega, from *abodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, storehouse). Compare Galician adega.

Pronunciation

Noun

adega f (plural adegas)

  1. cellar (collection of wine)

Descendants

  • Galician: adega
  • Portuguese: adega

Further reading

Portuguese

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Adega

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adega, from earlier abdega, from *abodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, storehouse). Cognate with Galician adega. Doublet of apoteca, bodega, botica, and butique.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɛɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: a‧de‧ga

Noun

adega f (plural adegas)

  1. cellar (collection of wine)
  2. bodega

Derived terms

Further reading