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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin diabolus, borrowed from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos), from διαβάλλω (diabállō).
Cognate with Old Spanish diabolo.
Noun
diaboo m (plural diaboos)
- devil
Descendants
References
- Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “diaboo”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “diaboo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “diaboo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG