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hidalgism

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hi⋅dal⋅go

  [hi-dal-goh; Sp. ee-thahl-gaw]
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–noun, plural -gos  [-gohz; Sp. -gaws] .
1. a man of the lower nobility in Spain.
2. (in Spanish America) a man who owns considerable property or is otherwise esteemed.
Origin:
1585–95; < Sp, contr. of hijo dalgo, OSp fijo dalgo a noble, a person with property, a son with something < L filius son + dē from + aliquō something

Related forms:
hi⋅dal⋅go⋅ism, hi⋅dal⋅gism  [hi-dal-jiz-uhm] , noun
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Word Origin & History

hidalgo 
1594, from Sp., from O.Sp. fidalgo, shortened from filho de algo "son (L. filus) of someone (L. aliquis)," perhaps an imitation of Ar. ibn-nas "son of people," a complimentary title.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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