sobaco

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Galician

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sobaco, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Portuguese sovaco, Spanish sobaco.

Noun

sobaco m (plural sobacos)

  1. armpit
    Synonyms: axila, sobrazo

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Of uncertain or obscure origin. Possibly from a crossing of Late Latin or Vulgar Latin subāla (from sub + āla (“wing; armpit”); cf. Romanian subsuoară) with subhircus (from hircus (“male goat; smell of armpits”).[1] Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *subbracchium, from sub- + bracchium. Cognate with Old Spanish sobaco.

Noun

sobaco m (plural sobacos)

  1. (hapax legomenon) armpit
    • 1470, “De como frey Rufino foy cẽtificado da chaga do coſtado de ſam Framçiſquo”, in Estêvão Eanes, transl., , translation of Chronica XXIV Generalium Ordinis Fratrum Minorum by Arnald of Sarrant, page 31r, column 1:
      E ſam Fꝛamçiſco deſpois q̃ ouue Recebido os ſinaaes das ſamtas chagas. Poꝛ a chaga ſobre dita do coſtado tꝛaʒia os panos ataa os ſobacos.
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Descendants

  • Fala: sobacu
  • Galician: sobaco
  • Portuguese: sovaco, sobaco, suvaco

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “sobaco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  • Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “sobaco”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aku
  • Hyphenation: so‧ba‧co

Noun

sobaco m (plural sobacos)

  1. Alternative form of sovaco

Spanish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sobaco, of uncertain or obscure origin. Possibly from a crossing of Late Latin or Vulgar Latin subāla (from sub + āla (“wing; armpit”); cf. Romanian subsuoară) with subhircus (from hircus (“male goat; smell of armpits”).[1] Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *subbracchium, from sub- + bracchium. Found uniquely in Ibero-Romance languages. Compare Portuguese sovaco, Asturian sobacu, and Galician sobaco, cf. also sobrazo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈbako/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Syllabification: so‧ba‧co

Noun

sobaco m (plural sobacos)

  1. armpit
    Synonym: (more formal) axila

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “sobaco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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