foro

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

References

• Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Etymology

for +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈforo/

Noun

foro (accusative singular foron, plural foroj, accusative plural forojn)

1. distance, a far place

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese foro, from Latin forum. Cognate with Spanish fuero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔ.ɾʊ]

Noun

foro m (plural foros)

1. (historical) a multi-generational rental contract or lease of farmland
   • 1407, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 502:

     Iten, foro que ten Joan, de Cunbraaos, de herdades que teuo seu padre aforadas enno dicto lugar de Cunbraaos

     Item, lease that has Xoán, of Cumbraos, of properties that his father rented in said village of Cumbraos

2. (historical) constitution, statute or bill of rights issued by a lord, bishop or king to a town or city
   • 1244, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 13:

     Ista é carta de foro que faz dona Toda a estos homees que poblan esta pobla de Uila bona

     This is the charter of constitution [bill of rights] that makes Lady Toda to the men [humans] that peoples this town of Vilaboa [Goodville]

   • 1318, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 147:

     Et o foro de Padrom atal he, que pertigueyro, nen justiça, nen outro ome nihuun non deue prender ena villa de padrom ome nihuun por deueda nen por outra cousa nihua

     And the constitution of Padron is such that neither verger, nor justice, nor any other man, could capture a man in the town of Padrón because of a debt or because of any other motive

3. (historical) law private to a territory or collective; jurisdiction

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “foro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “foro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “foro”, 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), “foro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “foro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN