piélago

See also: pielago

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pelagus, from Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos). See the modern descendant for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjelaɡo/

Noun

piélago m (plural piélagos)

1. (poetic) sea
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar fol. 2v. a.:

     aqllas / cibdades fizerõ ſe pielago de / agua.

     Those cities became a sea of water.

2. deep (part) of a river or lagoon

Synonyms

• mar m or f

Descendants

• Spanish: piélago

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “empalagar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Gredos, →ISBN, page 570

---

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish piélago, from Latin pelagus, from Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos). Attested as early as the 13th century, in texts such as Semejanza del mundo (1223) and Calila e Dimna (1251). Corominas and Pascual note the term is popular, or inherited, in medieval Ibero-Romance. See the Latin entry for Romance cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjelaɡo/ [ˈpje.la.ɣ̞o]

Noun

piélago m (plural piélagos)

1. the open sea; pelagic waters
2. (poetic, literary) the sea
3. (figuratively) something vast, countless, innumerable
4. (archaic) pond, reservoir

Related terms

• empalagar
• pelágico

References

• “piélago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “empalagar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Gredos, →ISBN, page 570