consogro

Forms

consogro m (plural consogros, feminine consogra, feminine plural consogras)^[1]

Etymology

It is inherited from Latin consocer (“co-father-in-law”), written Old Galician-Portuguese consogro in the oldest texts.^[1][2] The Latin noun is formed from con- and socer (“father-in-law”), and denoted the father of one's son-in-law or daughter-in-law.^[3][1] Houaiss and Nascentes instead give the etymon as the feminine consocrus, the mother of one's son-in-law or daughter-in-law.^[4][5][6] The old Caldas Aulete and Wikcionário instead analyse it as formed from Portuguese con- + sogro.^[7][8]

The same Latin word is Spanish consuegro, Italian consuocero and Romanian cuscru.^[2] The DLE explains the Spanish feminine from the Late Latin form, altered under the influence of the word for “mother-in-law”.^[9]

Earliest recorded meaning

Houaiss and Cunha date the word to the 16th century.^[4][10] Its first dated record among the sources is Cardoso's Portuguese–Latin dictionary of 1569, which renders Consogro with the Latin word.^[11]

Semantic evolution

The meaning has stayed the same since the first records: the father of one spouse in relation to the parents of the other.^[4][12] Barbosa (1611) adds that between the Douro and the Minho such a man is called parceiro “partner”.^[13] Priberam gives compadre as a synonym, and in Portuguese dialect surveys the plural consogros names the relationship between the bride's and the groom's parents.^[14][15]

Timeline

• 1500s – first records of the word, according to Houaiss and Cunha.^[4][10]
• 1569 – Cardoso's dictionary lists Consogro.^[11]
• 1611 – Barbosa records the regional synonym parceiro.^[13]
• 1697 – Pereira's Thesouro lists the word.^[16]

Meanings

Noun

1. co-father-in-law: the father of one spouse in relation to the father or the parents of the other spouse: Os dois consogros conheceram-se no casamento.^[4][12][1]

Related words

• sogro
• Latin consocer
• Spanish consuegro

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1935), Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., Heidelberg: Winter, p. 2166
3. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. s.v. consocer
4. ^ a b c d e Houaiss, Antônio; Villar, Mauro de Salles (2001), Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, p. s.v. consogro
5. ^ Nascentes, Antenor (1966), Dicionário etimológico resumido, Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional do Livro, p. s.v. consogro
6. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. s.v. consocer
7. ^ Aulete, Francisco Júlio Caldas, Dicionário contemporâneo da língua portuguesa (1st ed. 1881), online as Aulete Digital, Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon, https://aulete.com.br, p. s.v. consogro
8. ^ Wikcionário (Portuguese Wiktionary), pt.wiktionary.org, p. s.v. consogro
9. ^ 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. consuegro
10. ^ a b Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2010), Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, 4th ed., Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon, p. s.v. sogro
11. ^ a b Cardoso, Jerónimo (1569–1570), Dictionarium ex lusitanico in latinum sermonem, Lisboa: João Álvares (CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. consogro
12. ^ a b Ferreira, Aurélio Buarque de Holanda, Novo dicionário Aurélio da língua portuguesa, digital edition, p. s.v. consogro
13. ^ a b Barbosa, Agostinho (1611), Dictionarium lusitanicolatinum, Braga: Fructuoso Lourenço de Basto (CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. consogro
14. ^ Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa: Priberam Informática, https://dicionario.priberam.org, p. s.v. consogro
15. ^ Instituto da Lingua Galega, Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (TLPGP), Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, https://ilg.usc.gal/tesouro, p. s.v. consogro
16. ^ Pereira, Bento (1697), Thesouro da lingoa portuguesa, in the 1697 edition of his Prosodia (1st ed. 1647; CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. consogro