correo

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown. Attested since the 13th century, and so probably unrelated to the following etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈreʊ]

Noun

correo m (plural correos)

1. (archaic) money bag
   • 1291, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Et esta carta leuda o dito Pedro Peres mostrou hun correo con dineiros et disso frontando a Pedro Rodriguez que entregasse de todalas cousas que filaran ao bispo

     And after reading this letter said Pedro Pérez showed a bag with money, and said, confronting Pedro Rodríguez, that he should return everything that he has taken from the bishop

   • 1455, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 315:

     Médea dusia de colleres de buxo, que acharon en un correo pechado, et mays acharon eno dito correo noue mrs en rayás et triinta mrs en coroados vellos.

     Half a dozen boxwood spoons, that they found inside a locked money bag, and they also found inside said money bag nine maravedis in royals and thirty maravedis in old crowns

Etymology 2

From Spanish correo, from Catalan correu, ultimately from Old French corlieu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈreʊ]

Noun

correo m (plural correos)

1. mail
2. messenger, courier

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “correo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “correo”, 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), “correo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “correo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin correus, derived from con- (“with”) +‎ reus (“accused, defendant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korˈrɛ.o/, (traditional) /ˈkɔr.re.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo, (traditional) -ɔrreo
• Hyphenation: cor‧rè‧o, (traditional) còr‧re‧o

Noun

correo m (plural correi, feminine correa)

1. (law) accomplice

   Synonyms: complice, corresponsabile

Related terms

• reo

Further reading

• correo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

correō

1. dative/ablative singular of correus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan correu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈreo/ [koˈre.o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: co‧rre‧o

Noun

correo m (plural correos)

1. mail
2. (also in the plural) post office

Derived terms

• ambulancia de correos
• correo aéreo
• correo basura
• correo de gabinete
• correo de superficie
• correo electrónico
• correo postal
• lista de correo
• lista de correos

 

Related terms

• correos
• correr

 

Descendants

• >? Portuguese: correio

Further reading

• “correo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10