parchemin

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French parchemin, from Vulgar Latin *pergamīnus, from Late Latin pergamēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.ʃə.mɛ̃/

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Noun

parchemin m (plural parchemins)

1. parchment (material)

Further reading

• “parchemin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle English

Noun

parchemin

1. alternative form of parchemyn

Old French

Alternative forms

• parchamin
• perkemin, parkemin (northern)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pergamīnus.

Noun

parchemin oblique singular, m (oblique plural parchemins, nominative singular parchemins, nominative plural parchemin)

1. parchment

Descendants

• French: parchemin
• → Middle Dutch: percament
  • Dutch: perkament
• → Middle English: parchemyn, parchement, perchemyn, parchmen, parchemin, percemyn, parchemen, parchemeyn
  • English: parchment
  • Scots: pairchment
• → Sicilian: barciminu, carcimina

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “pĕrgamēna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 240