xabon

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Old Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

xabon m (plural xabones)

  1. soap
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v:
      […] Et es muy lezne amanera de la piedra del xabon.
      […] And it is very soft, like the stone of soap.

Descendants[edit]

  • Ladino:
    Hebrew script: שאבון
    Latin script: shavón
  • Spanish: jabón (see there for further descendants)

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

xabon m (plural xabones)

  1. Obsolete spelling of jabón