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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese arçon, from Vulgar Latin *arciōnem (“saddlebow”), from arcus. Cognate with Portuguese arção and Spanish arzón.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾˈθoŋ/, (western) /aɾˈsoŋ/
Noun
arzón m (plural arzóns)
- saddle bow; pommel
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 665:Et tragiam ante si duzentos caualos armados, os escudos aos arçoes- And they brought with them two hundred armed horses, the shields from the saddlebows
- spine, backbone of pigs or cattle
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “arçon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arçoes”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arzón”, 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), “arzón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arzón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish arzon~arçon, from Vulgar Latin *arciōnem (“saddlebow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). The frequent voiced /dz/ in Old Spanish may be due to the influence of arzen (modern arcén).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aɾˈθon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aɾˈson/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ar‧zón
Noun
arzón m (plural arzones)
- saddle bow
References
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