Lourenço

See also: Lourenco

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Laurentius, from Laurentum (“city in Latium”).

Proper noun

Lourenço m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Laurence or Lawrence
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 377 (facsimile), page 338v:

     Mais aquel pedro lourẽço.
     que a carta demandaua
     rogou a ſanta Maria.
     do poꝛt en que ſe fiava.
     que ſe el a cart ouueſſe.
     ⁊ perela a gãaua.
     que mr̃s duzentos.
     lle deſſe ou a ualia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Galician: Lourenzo
• Portuguese: Lourenço

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Lourenço”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Lourenço”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “Lourenço”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Lourenço, from Latin Laurentius, from Laurentum (“city in Latium”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo(w)ˈɾẽ.su/ [lo(ʊ̯)ˈɾẽ.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo(w)ˈɾẽ.su/ [lo(ʊ̯)ˈɾẽ.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo(w)ˈɾẽ.so/ [lo(ʊ̯)ˈɾẽ.so]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lo(w)ˈɾẽ.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lo(w)ˈɾẽ.su/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lowˈɾẽ.su/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /loˈɾẽ.su/

• Rhymes: -ẽsu
• Hyphenation: Lou‧ren‧ço

Proper noun

Lourenço m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Laurence or Lawrence

Derived terms

• São Lourenço