perponto

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese perponto (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately from Late Latin perpunctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peɾˈpontʊ]

Noun

perponto m (plural perpontos)

1. (historical) pourpoint; padded jacket serving as an armour
   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 752:

     Et el rrey d'Arangõ tragia hũu golpe de lança pelos peytos, et sayallj o algodõ do perponto, pero nõ chegara aa carne

     The king of Aragon brought a spear blow on the breast, and the cotton of the padding was getting out, but it didn't come to the flesh

2. (historical) padding worn under armour

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “perponto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “perponto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “perponto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “perponto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 11 October 2013

Etymology

From Old Spanish perpunte, perpunto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾ.ˈpõ.to/

Noun

perponto m

1. padding worn under armour
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 198 (facsimile):

     […] mas perpõtos ⁊ eſcudos acharon muito_ſ colpado_ſ

     […] , but they found paddings and shields that were very battered.

Descendants

• Galician: perponto
• Portuguese: perponto, perponte