pulmón
See also: pulmon
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pulmō, pulmōnem (“lung”), possibly borrowed.
Noun edit
pulmón m (plural pulmones)
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Attested circa 1300 as polmon. From Latin pulmō, pulmōnem (“lung”), possibly borrowed.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pulmón m (plural pulmóns)
- lung
- Synonym: livián
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 357:
- Et fereu o caualo da esporas et foy ferir a Meles d'Orep de hũa tã grã ferida en meo do uẽtre que logo lle fezo seýr as tripas et os polmões per sóbrelo arçõ da sela
- And he hit the spurs on the horse and went to hit Meles of Orep such a large wound in the middle of the belly that at the moment he make the guts and lungs to get out over the saddle bow
- (figurative) endurance, resistance, stamina
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “polmon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “polm” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pulmón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pulmón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pulmón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish pulmon, a borrowing[1] from Latin pulmōnem, pulmō (“lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pulmón m (plural pulmones)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “pulmòn”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 688
Further reading edit
- “pulmón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014