condado

/konˈdado/ · B1 · noun · m

county

condado — county

🏰🗺️ Latin comitatus: the land of a comes, a count, so a county

Spanish conde means count, from Latin comes, meaning companion. Add the suffix -ado and you get condado, the territory a count ruled. English county comes from the same root through Old French conté.

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