certedũe

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• certedue, çertedũe, çertidũe, certidoe, çeertidume (Galicia)
• çertidõe, çertidõõe (Portugal)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin certitūdinem, derived from certus (“certain”).

Noun

certedũe f (plural certedũes)

1. certainty, certitude
2. certificate; assurance
   • 1315, M. Lucas Alvarez, editor, Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 33:

     que enuien ende huna çeertidume per notario et testemoyas

     they shall send then a certificate by notary and witnesses

Descendants

• Galician: certidume
• Portuguese: certidão

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “çertedu_e”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “certedũe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “çertedũe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG