pexego

Galician

pexegos ("peaches")

Alternative forms

• pésago, pésego, pesego, pésigo, péxago, péxego, poxego, préxego, préxigo, príxigo, preixego, préixigo, pixego, perixego

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (prexego, prexigo); from Latin persicum (“peach”), ellipsis of persicum pōmum (“Persian fruit”). Cognate with Portuguese pêssego.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peˈʃeɣʊ]

Noun

pexego m (plural pexegos)

1. 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

• pexegueiro

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “prex”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pexego”, 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), “pexego”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pexego”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN