Alvite
See also: alvite
Galician
Alternative forms
- Albite
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Aluitti, genitive of Aluittus, Aloyttus, one of the most common names in Galicia in the High Middle Ages,[1] from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, a compound, from Proto-Germanic *allaz (“all”) + *witją (“knowledge”):[2] "Alwitt's"
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [alˈbitɪ]
Proper noun
Alvite
- A parish of Negreira, A Coruña, Galicia
- A locality in Sorrizo parish, Arteixo, A Coruña, Galicia
- A locality in Pereira parish, O Pino, A Coruña, Galicia
- A locality in Caión parish, A Laracha, A Coruña, Galicia
- A locality in Fisteus parish, Curtis, A Coruña, Galicia
- A locality in Barbeito parish, Vila Santar, A Coruña, Galicia
- A locality in Mesía parish, Mesía, A Coruña, Galicia
- A locality in Xubial parish, Melide, A Coruña, Galicia
- A locality in Campos parish, Melide, A Coruña, Galicia
- A locality in Recaré parish, O Valadouro, Lugo, Galicia
- A locality in Augas Santas parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia
- A locality in Temes parish, Carballedo, Lugo, Galicia
- A locality in Robra parish, Outeiro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia
- A locality in Bretoña parish, Pastoriza, Lugo, Galicia
- A locality in Baños de Molgas parish, Baños de Molgas, Ourense, Galicia
- A locality in Beariz parish, Beariz, Ourense, Galicia
- A locality in Nespereira parish, Pazos de Borbén, Pontevedra, Galicia
- A locality in Castrelos parish, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia
- A toponymical surname.
Related terms
- Cachalvite
- Fonte Alvite
- Fradalvite
- Vilalvite
References
- “Alvite” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Alvite” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- "Alvitus" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
- Cf. Piel, Joseph M.; Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 68.