certidume

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese certedũe (13th century), from Latin certitūdō, certitūdinem, derived from certus (“certain”). By surface analysis, certo (“certain”) +‎ -dume. Cognate with Portuguese certidão and Spanish certidumbre.

• Rhymes: -ume
• Hyphenation: cer‧ti‧du‧me

certidume f (plural certidumes)

1. certainty, certitude

   Synonyms: certeza, seguridade

2. (archaic) certificate; assurance

   Synonym: certificado

• certo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “çertedu_e”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “erted”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ertid”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “certidume”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “certidume”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega