meogo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese meogo, from the Latin expression medius locus; compare French milieu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈɔɣo̝/

Noun

meogo f (plural meogos)

1. (archaic) middle, center
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 167:

     Ante o altar estã depunduradas tres laãpaas grãdes a onrra de Ihesucristo et de Santiago, aquela que esta ẽno meogo he moy grãde et moy bẽ laurada

     Before the altar three large lamps hang in honor of Jesus Christ and Saint James; the one in the middle is very large and very well carved

Derived terms

• Miegodevila
• Miogo
• Ver de Miogo

References

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