toxedo

Galician

Toxedo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tojedo (attested, in local Medieval Latin documents, as togeto, since the 11th century). By surface analysis, toxo (“gorse”) +‎ -edo, "place with".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [toˈʃeðʊ]

Noun

toxedo m (plural toxedos)

1. place with gorses

   Synonyms: toxal, toxeira

2. heath

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “togedo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “toxedo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “toxedo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “toxedo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN