perponto

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese perponto (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately from Late Latin perpunctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peɾˈpontʊ]

Noun

perponto m (plural perpontos)

1. (historical) pourpoint; padded jacket serving as an armour
   • 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 752:

     Et el rrey d'Arangõ tragia hũu golpe de lança pelos peytos, et sayallj o algodõ do perponto, pero nõ chegara aa carne

     The king of Aragon brought a spear blow on the breast, and the cotton of the padding was getting out, but it didn't come to the flesh

2. (historical) padding worn under armour

References

• “perponto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “perponto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “perponto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “perponto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 11 October 2013

Etymology

From Old Spanish perpunte, perpunto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾ.ˈpõ.to/

Noun

perponto m

1. padding worn under armour
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 198 (facsimile):

     […] mas perpõtos ⁊ eſcudos acharon muito_ſ colpado_ſ

     […] , but they found paddings and shields that were very battered.

Descendants

• Galician: perponto
• Portuguese: perponto, perponte