mexillón

Galician

Alternative forms

• mexilón, mixillón, mixilón

Etymology

Attested since 1328. From Iberian Vulgar Latin *musceliō (“mussel”), from Latin muscellus, from Latin musculus (“muscle, mussel”). Cognate of Portuguese mexilhão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meʃiˈʎoŋ/, /miʃiˈʎoŋ/

Noun

mexillón m (plural mexillóns)

1. mussel (shellfish)
   • 1328, Cesar Vaamonde Lores, editor, Documentos Históricos, A Coruña: RAG, vol III, page 55, note 1:

     a miña casa do campo que he ena rua que chaman de Don Felipe e o canto da rua donde venden os mixilloes

     my house in the concourse in the street which they call of Don Felipe, by the corner of the street where they sell the mussels

Descendants

• Spanish: mejillón

References

• “mexillón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mexillón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mexillón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.