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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galicia and Old Galician-Portuguese devasso (“desert”), perhaps from a Celtic cognate of Latin devastare (compare Irish fás and fásach, "waste, desert") ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *de + *weh₂st- (“empty, wasted”). Cognate with Portuguese devassa.
Pronunciation
Noun
devasa m (plural devasas)
- firebreak, fire line, firetrail (Australia) (An area cleared of all flammable material in the woods to prevent a fire from spreading across it)
- Synonym: cortalumes
- (computing) firewall
- Synonym: cortalumes
References
- “devasso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “devasso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “devasa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “debazo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “devasa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “devasa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.