derradeiro

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From Vulgar Latin *dēretrārius (last, final), from Late Latin dē retrō + -ārius. Compare with French dernier.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

derradeiro (feminine derradeira, masculine plural derradeiros, feminine plural derradeiras)

  1. final (coming after all others)
  2. last
    Synonym: último
    Antonym: primeiro
    • 1348, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 145:
      lues çinco dias de mayo Era de mill et ccclxxxvi annos que foy o terçeyro et derradeyro tratado et cabidoo para estas cousas que se adeante seguen
      monday, five days of May, era of 1386 (AD 1348), it was the third and last treaty and chapter for these matters which will be treated next
  3. having a back displaced load (applied exclusively to a traditional cart)
  4. (archaic) late

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “arredro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dēretrārius (last, final). Compare with French dernier.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: der‧ra‧dei‧ro

Adjective

derradeiro (feminine derradeira, masculine plural derradeiros, feminine plural derradeiras)

  1. last (coming after all others)
    Synonyms: final, último
    Antonym: primeiro

Derived terms