amarrar

Verb

amarrar (first-person singular present amarro, past participle amarrat)

1. to moor
2. to tie

Etymology

From Old French amarrer (“to moor”), from Middle Dutch, from Proto-Germanic *mairją (“mooring post”).^[1]

Verb

amarrar (first-person singular present amarro, first-person singular preterite amarrei, past participle amarrado)

1. to moor
   • 1432, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 69:

     que nenghum seja ousado de amarrar nauio algund a a Ponte desta dita billa nen meter estaqas en ela

     nobody should dare to moor any ship to the bridge of this town, not to insert stakes in it

2. to tie
3. to catch

References

• “amarrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “amarr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “amarrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “amarrar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “amarrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From French amarrer, from Dutch anmarren (“to tie”).

Verb

amarrar (first-person singular present indicative amarro, past participle amarrado)

1. to moor
2. to tie

Etymology

French amarrer (“to moor”), borrowed from Dutch aanmeren (“to tie”), from aan- +‎ meren (“to moor”), from Proto-Germanic *mairōną, from Proto-Germanic *mairją (“mooring post”), likely formed as Proto-Indo-European *(H)moi- (“to strengthen”) +‎ *ro- similarly to Latin mūrus (“defensive wall”), see *mey-.

Verb

amarrar (first-person singular present amarro, first-person singular preterite amarré, past participle amarrado)

1. to moor
2. to tie