arçon
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *arciōnem (“saddlebow”), from Classical Latin arcus (“bow”). Compare Italian arcione, Portuguese arção, Spanish arzón.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editarçon m (plural arçons)
- (horse riding) tree (wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “arçon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editOld French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *arciōnem, from Latin arcus (“bow”).
Pronunciation
edit- (classical) IPA(key): /aɾˈt͡sun/, (northern) /aɾˈt͡ʃun/
- (late) IPA(key): /aɾˈsun/, (northern) /aɾˈʃun/
Noun
editarçon oblique singular, m (oblique plural arçons, nominative singular arçons, nominative plural arçon)
Descendants
edit- French: arçon
- Lorrain: ôchon
- Norman: arçoun
- Picard: archon
- → Middle English: arsoun, arson, arsone, arsun, harsun
- English: arson (obsolete)
References
edit- arçun_1 on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*arcio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 99
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