sobaco
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], of uncertain origin. Cognate with Portuguese sovaco, Spanish sobaco.
Noun
sobaco m (plural sobacos)
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
Of uncertain or obscure origin. Possibly from a crossing of Late Latin or Vulgar Latin subāla (from sub + āla (“wing; armpit”); cf. Romanian subsuoară) with subhircus (from hircus (“male goat; smell of armpits”)[1]. Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *subbracchium, from sub- + bracchium. Found uniquely in Ibero-Romance languages. Compare Portuguese sovaco, Asturian sobacu, and Galician sobaco, cf. also sobrazo.
Pronunciation
Noun
sobaco m (plural sobacos)
Synonyms
- (armpit): axila (more formal)
References
Categories:
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
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- Spanish terms derived from Late Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Anatomy