esteo

Old Portuguese

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from English stay (“support, prop”) or one of its West Germanic equivalents (Frankish, etc). If so, cognate with Old French estaie (“a prop, a stay”).

Noun

esteo m

  1. pillar, column
  2. support, prop
  3. stake

Descendants

References

  • esteo in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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