arzón

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)

1. 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 [hanging] from the saddlebows

2. 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/ [aɾˈθõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aɾˈson/ [aɾˈsõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ar‧zón

Noun

arzón m (plural arzones)

1. saddle bow

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “arzón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 369

Further reading

• “arzón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10