crischão

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• creschão, cristão

Etymology

From Latin Christianus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈt͡ʃã.u/

Noun

crischão m (plural crischãos, feminine crischãa, feminine plural crischãas)

1. Christian
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 25 (facsimile):

     […] como a ymagen de ſanta maria falou en teſtimonío entro criſchão & o iudeu.

     […] how the statue of Holy Mary served as witness between the Christian and the Jew.

Descendants

• Portuguese: crechão, creschão, crischão (all obsolete)