diaboo

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• diabre, diabo, diabro, diablo, diabre

Etymology

Inherited from Latin diabolus, borrowed from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos), from διαβάλλω (diabállō).

Cognate with Old Spanish diabolo.

Noun

diaboo m (plural diaboos)

1. devil
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 109 (facsimile):

     [C]omo ſanta maꝛia liurou un ome de cinquo diaboos q̃o queꝛiã leuar ⁊ matar

     How Holy Mary freed a man from five devils that wanted to take and kill him.

Descendants

• Galician: diaño, deño, diallo, dianllo
• Portuguese: diabo, diá, diabro, diacho, dianho, dienho
  • Kadiwéu: diaabo

References

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “diaboo”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “diaboo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “diaboo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega