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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese arqueiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). Equivalent to arco + -eiro.
Pronunciation
Noun
arqueiro m (plural arqueiros)
- archer; bowman
- Synonym: seteiro
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “arqueiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arqueiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arqueiro”, 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), “arqueiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
arqueiro m (plural arqueiros, feminine arqueira, feminine plural arqueiras)
- archer; bowman
Descendants
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese arqueiro, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). By surface analysis, arco + -eiro.
Pronunciation
Noun
arqueiro m (plural arqueiros, feminine arqueira, feminine plural arqueiras)
- (military) archer; bowman (soldier armed with a bow)
- Synonyms: flecheiro, frecheiro, (all less common) seteiro
- (archery) archer (person who practices the sport of archery)
- (Brazil, soccer) goalkeeper (player who guards the goal)
- Synonyms: (Brazil, more common) goleiro, (Portugal) guarda-redes
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