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English
Etymology
From Spanish mayordomo.
Noun
mayordomo (plural mayordomos)
- A butler or majordomo in Spain or Latin America.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin maior domūs (literally “principal (servant) of the house”).
Noun
mayordomo m (plural mayordomos, feminine mayordoma, feminine plural mayordomas)
- butler, majordomo
Derived terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domūs.
Pronunciation
Noun
mayordomo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜓ)
- majordomo
- Synonyms: bandahali, punong-katiwala
See also
Further reading
- “mayordomo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 410: “Mayordomo) Mayoldomo (pp) C. de la comunidad Igleſia”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 106
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