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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin spongia, borrowed from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), from σπόγγος (spóngos) + -ιά (-iá). Doublet of espunlha.
Noun
esponsa f (plural *esponsas)
- sponge
1420, chapter III, in Álvaro Eans das Eiras, transl., Tratado de Albeitaria, translation of De Medicina Equorum by Giordano Ruffo, page 4:[…] et estancado o sange pom ençima do figo esponsa do mar et apretaa ben con huun pano de lino et legao ben et non lle tollas esta sponssa do mar ataa que seia o figo todo comesto et rraudo da huña […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esponsa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG