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)

  1. (law, historical) a kind of fine paid to the fiefholder by trespassers or infractors

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.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “caletre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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