pexego
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since the 13th century (prexego, prexigo); from Latin persicum (“peach”), ellipsis of persicum pōmum (“Persian fruit”). Cognate with Portuguese pêssego.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pexego m (plural pexegos)
- peach
- 1366, M .Lucas Alvarez, M. & P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media, Santiago: Caixa Galicia, page 520:
- non daredes de prexegos, nen de figos
- you will not give peaches nor figs
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “prex”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “pexego” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pexego” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pexego” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.