lindo

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. pretty
2. cute

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of lindar

Concepts

mignon

beau

joli

belle

avenant

mignonne

bath

délicieux

ravissant

bon

sympathique

marrant

très bien

trognon

bien

jolie

doux

sympa

gentil

Coupé comme

lin‧do

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlindo/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Old Spanish lindo, of uncertain origin, but probably from Latin legitimus (“lawful, proper”) through metathesis and assimilation: *lid(i)mo > *limdo > lindo. If so, a doublet of the learned borrowing legítimo. Corominas considers both lindo and its possible Portuguese cognate lídimo (“legitimate”) as semi-learned terms, but this is uncertain.
Some sources derive it from Latin limpidus (“clean”) instead, but this is less likely for both phonetic and semantic reasons. Old Spanish lindo originally meant “legitimate”, later “authentic, pure, good”, and eventually gave rise to the modern meaning. Moreover, Latin limpidus is already the source of Spanish limpio.