FromOld Galician-Portugueseavoo, from IberianEarly Medieval Latinavolo,[1] fromVulgar Latin*av(i)olum, ultimately fromLatinavus.
- IPA(key): /aˈbo/[aˈβ̞o]
- Rhymes:-o
- Hyphenation:a‧vó
avó m (pluralavós,feminineavoa,feminine pluralavoas)
- grandfather
- (in theplural)grandparents
1269, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor,El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page245:meuauoo don Ruy Zerbo e sa moler dona Marina Sanchez, que foron meusauoos- mygrandfather Don Roi Cerbo and his wife Dona Mariña Sánchez, who were mygranparents
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “avoo”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “auoo”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avó”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “avó”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “avó”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN
- ^"avolo" inGallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
Inherited fromOld Galician-Portugueseavoa, fromLate Latinaviola, diminutive ofLatinavia.
avó f (pluralavós,masculineavô,masculine pluralavôs)
- grandmother, femalegrandparent
- Synonyms:(Brazil, endearing)vovó,(clipping)vó
- Coordinate term:avô
