a deshora

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese adesora (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), contraction of a de so hora (“at the very moment”). The semantic evolution, which also happened in Portuguese and Spanish, was due to rebracketing: des- (“dis-”) + hora (“hour”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [aðeˈsoɾɐ]

Adverb

a deshora

  1. (archaic) suddenly
    Synonym: de súpeto
  2. untimeously, inopportunely
    Synonyms: inoportunamente, intempestivamente

References
  • “adesora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “desora” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “deshora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “a deshora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “a deshora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “hora”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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