caritel
Galician
Etymology
Already attested in original local Medieval Latin documents since the 11th century. From *caraiter, from Latin characteris, as a character was frequently engraved on stones or trees as landmark of fiefs. Doublet of caracter.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɑɾiˈtɛl]
Noun
caritel m (plural cariteis)
- (law, historical) a kind of fine paid to the fiefholder by trespassers or infractors
Related terms
- carácter
References
- “caritel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “caritel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “caritel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “caritel” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “caletre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos