viuda

Etymology
From, following metathesis.

Noun

 * 1)  a woman whose husband has died

Etymology
From.

In the Middle Ages, jurists introduced a learned Latin borrowing to replace the inherited Old Catalan form  (from a Vulgar Latin ). The current form supposedly emerged as a compromise between the two forms. The masculine form was derived from the feminine. Cf. also 🇨🇬, which may have influenced it.

Noun

 * 1) widow
 * 2) eagle ray

Etymology
,, , , from , following metathesis.

The Spanish word may have had some later influence from the Latin in the Middle Ages; compare the strictly popular Old Spanish form, which is the form also found in Portuguese and Old Catalan, deriving from a 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) widow
 * 2) dowager