viuda

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

feminine singular of viudo

Noun

1. (feminine) widow
2. (feminine) eagle ray

viudo

• Adj
• Noun

Lees verder

Concepten

weduwe

Synoniemen

vídua

Vertalingen

veuve

viúva

widow

viuda

Witwe

χήρα

viuvez

vedova

widow woman

veuf|veuve

أرملة

jinebî

veusa

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈbiw.ðə]

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Spaans: viuda

In summary

From Latin vidua.
In the Middle Ages, jurists introduced a learned Latin borrowing vídua to replace the inherited Old Catalan form viuva (from a Vulgar Latin *viduva). The current form viuda supposedly emerged as a compromise between the two forms. The masculine form was derived from the feminine. Cf. also Spanish viuda, which may have influenced it.