Etymograph

English

loureiro

Loureiro comes from Portuguese loureiro ‘bay’, from Latin laurus ‘laurel tree’, and ultimately from Old Latin dacrus.

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEdacrus
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaurus‘laurel tree’
  3. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*laurāriusreconstructed
  4. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500loureiro
  5. Portuguesec. 1500–presentsame form‘bay’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2018same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEdacrus
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaurus‘laurel tree’
  3. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*laurāriusreconstructed
  4. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500loureiro
  5. Portuguesec. 1500–presentsame form‘bay’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2018same form

Earliest quotation: 2018, Eric Asimov, Bubbles, With Joy: Pétillant Naturel’s Triumphant Return: “The 2016 Phaunus Vinho Verde from Aphros in Portugal,…”

Linked words

through Vulgar Latin *laurārius

laurel

Today it means

noun A grape variety cultivated in Spain and Portugal, used in the production of white wine.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Latin dacrus / loureiro

Shirt and support for this word