infançon

Old Portuguese

FWOTD – 30 June 2013

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩ.fã.ˈt͡sõ/

Noun

infançon m (plural infanções)

1. a noble ranked below a ricome and above a cavaleiro
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 55 (facsimile):

     ⁊ cuidaron que fill era dinfançon ou dinfançõa

     and they thought that he might be the son of an infançon or of an infançon’s wife

Coordinate terms

• infançõa
• (Portuguese fidalgo ranks) fidalgo; ricome, infançon, cavaleiro, escudeiro