pergamena

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin pergamēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /per.ɡaˈmɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: per‧ga‧mè‧na

Noun

pergamena f (plural pergamene)

1. parchment, membrane, vellum

Further reading

• pergamena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Alternative forms

• pergamīna (reborrowed once Greek η shifted to /i/; attested in Tironian notes)
• *pergamēnus, *pergamīnus (masculine forms, perhaps formed by ellipsis of (papȳrus) pergamēnus)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περγαμηνὴ (διφθέρα) (Pergamēnḕ (diphthéra), literally “Pergamene hide”). First attested in Diocletian's edict.

Noun

pergamēna f (genitive pergamēnae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. parchment

Related terms

• Pergamēnus (“Pergamene”)

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: pergamena, pergamina (archaic)
• Insular Romance:
  • Old Sardinian:
    • Sardinian: bargaminu; ⇒ peddecaminu (crossed with pedde)
    • Sassarese: bargamina
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: parchemin, parchamin, perkemin, parkemin (northern)
    • French: parchemin
    • → Middle Dutch: percament
      • Dutch: perkament
    • → Middle English: parchemyn, parchement, perchemyn, parchmen, parchemin, percemyn, parchemen, parchemeyn
      • English: parchment
      • Scots: pairchment
    • → Sicilian: barciminu, carcimina
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: pergamí
  • Old Occitan: pergamen, pargamen (⇒ *pergam, pargam, pargan); pargami, pargamin
    • Occitan: pergam; pergamin, pergamin
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: purgaminho, pergameo, pergamjnho, porgamjnho, porgamino, pregamjnho, purgamẽo, purgamjnho
    • Galician: pergameo, pergamiño
    • Portuguese: pergaminho
  • Old Spanish: pergamino, pargamino, porgamino, pregamino
    • Spanish: pergamino

Unsorted borrowings:

• Danish: pergament
• German: Pergament
• Norwegian: pergament
• Romanian: pergament
• Russian: пергамент (pergament)
• Swedish: pergament

References

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