esteo

Galician

Galician hórreos ("granaries"), raised over esteos

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esteo, from Latin stilus. Cognate with Portuguese esteio and Old Spanish estelo. Doublet of estilo.

Alternative forms

• estilo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈte.o̝/

Noun

esteo m (plural esteos)

1. prop, stay

   Synonyms: arxón, escora, rodriga

2. pillar, column

   Synonyms: pé, piar

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 232:

     Et sabede que as feyturas do sobrado que erã de ouro fino et os esteos de tódoslos paaços erã de cristal

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. stake

   Synonym: estaca

Derived terms

• estear

Etymology 2

From proto-Galician *esteno, ultimately from Latin extenuō. Compare Asturian estenar

Alternative forms

• estiño

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈteʊ̯/

Adjective

esteo (feminine estea, masculine plural esteos, feminine plural esteas)

1. clear (free of clouds)

Noun

esteo m (plural esteos)

1. dry and clear weather in between showers

   Synonyms: aberta, escampada, esteada

Related terms

• esteada
• estear

Etymology 3

Verb

esteo

1. first-person singular present indicative of estear

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esteo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esteo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esteo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esteo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esteo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Either from Latin stilus, or from Old French estai, from Proto-Germanic *stagą. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈte.o/

Noun

esteo m (plural esteos)

1. pillar, column
2. support, prop
3. stake

Descendants

• Galician: esteo
• Portuguese: esteio

References

• “esteo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “estilo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos