guerdon

Significado

Noun

A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade.

Verb

To give such a reward to.

Guionizado como

guer‧don

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɡəː.dən/

Etimoloxía

From Middle English guerdon, guerdoun, gardone, from Old French guerdon, guerredon, guarredon, werdon, from Medieval Latin widerdōnum, alteration of widerlōnum, from West Germanic (whence Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan), literally ‘back-payment’, with the second element assimilated to Latin dōnum (“gift”).