Esmorís

Galician

Esmorís, Curtis

Etymology

Attested in 1140 as Ermoriz; from Late or Medieval Latin Hermerici, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Hermeric's property"; from Suevic (it's the same name of one Suevic king) or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Ermunarīks, from *ermunaz (“whole”) + *rīks (“king”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esmoˈɾis/

Proper noun

Esmorís

  1. A village in Cesullas, Cabana de Bergantiños, A Coruña, Galicia.
  2. A village in Berdillo, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia.
  3. A village in Fisteus, Curtis, A Coruña, Galicia.
  4. A village in Buscás, Ordes, A Coruña, Galicia.
  5. A village in Curantes, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia.
  6. A toponymic surname​.

References

  • "Esmorís" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>
  1. ↑ Piel, J. M., & Kremer, D. (1976). Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch: der Niederschlag des Westgotischen in den alten und heutigen Personen- und Ortsnamen der Iberischen Halbinsel. Heidelberg: Carl Winter.
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