remuneración

Forms

remuneración f (plural remuneraciones)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Latin remūnerātiō (“a repaying, recompense”), formed from the verb remūneror (“to repay, reward”) with the suffix -tiō.^[2][3][1] Wiktionary notes that within Spanish it can also be analysed as remunerar with -ción.^[1] The Latin verb is built on mūnus (“duty; gift”).^[4][5]

In the DCECH Corominas dates the Spanish word from Alfonso de Palencia's dictionary of 1490, in the BDELC from 1438.^[5][6] The CDH has it already in the 1370s and 1380s, in the prose of Juan Fernández de Heredia.^[7][8]

The same Latin word gave Portuguese remuneração, Catalan remuneració, French rémunération and Italian rimunerazione.^[1][9][10]

Earliest recorded meaning

In Heredia's Gran crónica de España (1376–1391) the king gives Burgos a village with its lands en remuneracion de las grandes despenssas “in reward for the great expenses” the town had borne for the festivities.^[7] The early texts use it in the set phrase en remuneración de “in reward for”, often paired with galardón “reward”.^[7]

Semantic evolution

In the 1390s the phrase appears in charters of donation.^[7] The first record in the Americas is from Tierra Firme in 1515, where captured Indians are handed over en remuneración de aquella buena obra “as a reward for that good deed”; later American documents also have the metathesised form renumeración.^[11] Autoridades defined it in 1737 as a recompense or just reward.^[12] Today it is above all the payment for work or a service, and the money or thing given in payment.^[2][13][14]

Timeline

• 1376–1391 – Heredia's Gran crónica de España uses en remuneracion de.^[7]
• 1438 – the date Corominas gives in the BDELC.^[6]
• 1490 – Alfonso de Palencia's dictionary, the first record in the DCECH.^[5]
• 1492 – Nebrija glosses Latin remuneratio with galardón.^[8]
• 1515 – first record in the Americas, in Tierra Firme.^[11]
• 1737 – Autoridades defines it as a recompense or just reward.^[12]

Meanings

Noun

1. The act of remunerating (remunerar): paying someone for work or a service.^[2][13]
2. The payment, salary or reward given for work or a service: Pidió una remuneración más justa por su trabajo.^[2][14]

Related words

• remunerar
• munificencia
• Latin remuneratio
• Portuguese remuneração

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Real Academia Española; Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (2014–), Diccionario de la lengua española, 23rd ed., online version 23.8, https://dle.rae.es, p. s.v. remuneración
3. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. s.v. remūnerātiō
4. ^ Gómez de Silva, Guido (1988), Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica / El Colegio de México, p. 603
5. ^ a b c Corominas, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1980–1991), Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, 6 vols., Madrid: Gredos, p. 4, 188
6. ^ a b Corominas, Joan (1973), Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, 3rd ed., Madrid: Gredos, p. s.v. remunerar
7. ^ a b c d e Real Academia Española (2013–), Corpus del Diccionario histórico de la lengua española (CDH), version 3.1, https://apps.rae.es/CNDHE, p. s.v. remuneración
8. ^ a b Lleal, Coloma (dir.), DICCA-XV: Diccionario del castellano del siglo XV en la Corona de Aragón, Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona, Grup d'Estudis d'Història de la Llengua (GHCL), https://ghcl.ub.edu/diccaxv, p. s.v. remuneración
9. ^ Segura Munguía, Santiago (2014), Lexicón etimológico y semántico del latín y de las voces actuales que proceden de raíces latinas o griegas, Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto, p. 467
10. ^ Echegaray, Eduardo de (1887–1889), Diccionario general etimológico de la lengua española, 5 vols., Madrid: José María Faquineto, p. 134
11. ^ a b Boyd-Bowman, Peter (2003), Léxico hispanoamericano 1493–1993, ed. Ray Harris-Northall and John J. Nitti, New York: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, p. s.v. remuneración
12. ^ a b Real Academia Española (1726–1739), Diccionario de la lengua castellana (Diccionario de Autoridades), 6 vols., Madrid: Francisco del Hierro, p. 5
13. ^ a b Moliner, María (2007), Diccionario de uso del español, 3rd ed., Madrid: Gredos, p. s.v. remuneración
14. ^ a b Battaner Arias, Paz (dir.) (2017), Diccionario general de la lengua española VOX, Barcelona: Larousse Editorial, p. s.v. remuneración