notoriedade

Forms

notoriedade f (plural notoriedades)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Portuguese notório + -dade, with the stem vowel changed from -o to -e on the Latin pattern of próprio and propriedade.^[2][1] Aurélio, Aulete, the DLP and Wikcionário derive it instead from Medieval Latin notorietas, and Bluteau already noted that this Latin noun occurs in the acts of the Council of Pisa.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} DELPo compares French notoriété.^[8]

The adjective notório is from Latin nōtōrius (“serving to make known”).^[9][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Houaiss dates the word to the 17th century, in the Portugal Restaurado.^[2] Bluteau quotes it from that work (Representarselhe a notoriedade da sua justiça “that the notoriety of his just cause should be shown to him”) as well as Luís Marinho's Apologéticos Discursos, in the sense of a fact known to all.^[7]

Semantic evolution

The first sense was the public knowledge of a fact: Bluteau defines it as the general news and clear knowledge that everyone has of something, and Morais in 1789 as being commonly known.^[7][10] The sense “fame, renown” followed, and by metonymy the word came to name a person famous for knowledge or merit.^[2][3][4] In law, notoriedade pública is the condition of a fact known to everyone, which needs no proof in court.^[2]

Timeline

• 17th century – Portugal Restaurado.^[2]
• 1712–1728 – Bluteau defines it as general knowledge of a thing.^[7]
• 1734 – Feijó lists it with the sense “general news”.^[11]
• 1789 – Morais defines it as being commonly known.^[10]

Meanings

Noun

1. The quality of being notorious, of being publicly known.^[2][5][3]
2. Fame, renown, standing in society; a good reputation.^[2][5][12]
3. A person known for their knowledge, skill or merit; a celebrity.^[2][3][4]
4. (law) notoriedade pública: the condition of a fact known to everyone, which needs no proof.^[2]

Related words

• notório
• notável
• Medieval Latin notorietas

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Houaiss, Antônio; Villar, Mauro de Salles (2001), Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, p. s.v. notoriedade
3. ^ a b c d Ferreira, Aurélio Buarque de Holanda, Novo dicionário Aurélio da língua portuguesa, digital edition, p. s.v. notoriedade
4. ^ a b c 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. notoriedade
5. ^ a b c Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, revised online edition (2023–) of the Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa Contemporânea (2001), https://dicionario.acad-ciencias.pt, p. s.v. notoriedade
6. ^ Wikcionário (Portuguese Wiktionary), pt.wiktionary.org, p. s.v. notoriedade
7. ^ a b c d Bluteau, Raphael (1712–1728), Vocabulario portuguez e latino, 8 vols. + 2 supplement vols., Coimbra / Lisboa (CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. notoriedade
8. ^ NEHiLP – Núcleo de Apoio à Pesquisa em Etimologia e História da Língua Portuguesa, Universidade de São Paulo, DELPo: Dicionário Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa (online database), p. s.v. notoriedade
9. ^ Houaiss, Antônio; Villar, Mauro de Salles (2001), Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, p. s.v. notório
10. ^ a b Silva, António de Morais (1789), Diccionario da lingua portugueza composto pelo padre D. Rafael Bluteau, reformado, e accrescentado, 2 vols., Lisboa: Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, p. 2, 120
11. ^ Feijó, João de Morais Madureira (1734), Orthographia, ou Arte de escrever, e pronunciar com acerto a lingua portugueza, Lisboa (CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. notoriedade
12. ^ Porto Editora (2013), Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, Porto: Porto Editora, p. 6562