Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Spanish pescoço (Modern Spanish pescuezo), from *poscoço, from Latin post + Old Spanish coço.

Noun

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pescoço m (plural pescoços)

  1. neck
    • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, “Com̃o Telegomus chegou hu era Vlixas. ⁊ Com̃o pelejou cõ os porteyros” (chapter 513), in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, page 192v:
      Et telegonus ſe aſanou entonce malam̃t. Et ſe el ouuera en q̃n ſe eſforzaſe el os fezera malandants̃. P̃o cõ todo eſeto nõ lls̃ lo podo mays ſofrer. Et nõ nos ameaçou muyto. mais logo fuj a hũ dels. Et doulle hũa tal punada q̃lle britou o oſo do peſcoço. Et dou cõ el morto en tr̃ra a ſeus pẽeſ.
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Descendants

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  • Fala: pescozu
  • Galician: pescozo
  • Portuguese: pescoço

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Portuguese

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pescoço

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese pescoço, from Old Spanish pescoço (Modern Spanish pescuezo), from *poscoço, from Latin post + Old Spanish coço.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pes‧co‧ço

Noun

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pescoço m (plural pescoços, metaphonic)

  1. neck (part of body)

Derived terms

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