English
aldeia
Aldeia comes from Portuguese aldeia ‘village’, and goes back to Ge'ez ፂኦት ‘low grounds, pasture’.
- Ge'ezmodernፂኦት‘low grounds, pasture’
- Arabicc. 500–presentاَلضَّيْعَة‘village’
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500aldeia‘village’
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentsame form‘village’
- Englishearliest quotation 1992same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ge'ezmodernፂኦት‘low grounds, pasture’
- Arabicc. 500–presentاَلضَّيْعَة‘village’
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500aldeia‘village’
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentsame form‘village’
- Englishearliest quotation 1992same form
Earliest quotation: 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America: “It is little wonder that the settlers envied the…”
Every English word from Ge'ez ፂኦት
Today it means
noun In colonial Brazil, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population, similar to the Spanish reducción
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ge'ez ፂኦት / aldeia