pergamiño
Galician
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editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese purgamẽo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin pergaminum, from pergamīna, from Ancient Greek Περγαμηνός (Pergamēnós, “of Pergamun”), which is named for the Ancient city of Pergamon (modern Bergama) in Asia Minor, where it was invented as an expensive alternative for papyrus. Cognate with Portuguese pergaminho, Spanish pergamino, English parchment.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpergamiño m (plural pergamiños)
References
edit- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pergameo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “pergameo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “pergamiño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pergamiño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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