patagón
Spanish
editEtymology
editNamed Portuguese patagão by Magellan or Spanish patagón by his men, traditionally said to be from pata (“foot”), referring to the shoes of the Tehuelche. However, the -gón suffix remains unexplained; the more likely origin is an invented name from Amadís de Gaula by Montalvo, similar to California.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpatagón (feminine patagona, masculine plural patagones, feminine plural patagonas)
Derived terms
editNoun
editpatagón m (plural patagones, feminine patagona, feminine plural patagonas)
References
edit- Anthony Munday, The Famous and Renowned Historie of Primaleon of Greece, 1619, cap.XXXIII: "How Primaleon… found the Grand Patagon ".
Further reading
edit- “patagón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014