ermano

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hermano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔeɾˈmano/
  • Hyphenation: er‧ma‧no

Noun

ermáno (feminine ermana, Basahan spelling ᜁᜍ᜔ᜋᜈᜓ)

  1. brother (male sibling)
    Synonym: tugang

See also

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish ermano (compare Spanish hermano), from Vulgar Latin germānus, from Latin germānus.

Noun

ermano m (Latin spelling, plural ermanos or ermaním)

  1. brother
    Coordinate term: (gender) ermana

Old Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin germānus. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese irmão and Old Spanish ermano.

Noun

ermano m (plural ermanos)

  1. brother
    • 1264, Domingo Isídrez, Document from the Monastery of Santa Maria de Otero de Dueñas:
      Yo Domingo Ysidrez, con mios ermanos, Pedro Ysidrez e Ysidro
      I, Domingo Isídrez, with my brothers, Pedro Isídrez and Isidro

Descendants

  • Asturian: hermanu
  • Leonese: hermanu
  • Mirandese: armano
  • → Fala: hermanu

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *germānus (“brother”), from Latin germānus (“of a brother or sister”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ermano m (plural ermanos, feminine singular ermana, feminine plural ermanas)

  1. brother
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5r. a.
      Corrio eſau aencuẽtro de ſo ermano. E abraçol & echo ſobre ſo cuello el braço.
      Esau ran to meet with his brother, then he hugged him and put his arm over his neck.
    • Idem, f. 5v. b.
      Vino ioſep aſos ermanos. e priſierõ le & deſpoiarõle el palio. e echarõle en el pozo.
      Joseph came to this brothers; they imprisoned him and unclothed him and threw him into the well.

Descendants

  • Ladino: ermano
  • Spanish: hermano (see there for further descendants)
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