feijoo

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin phaseolus, probably from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fejˈʒɔ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɔo

Noun

feijoo m (plural feijoos)

1. bean

Derived terms

• Feijoo

Descendants

From an unattested feijõo:

• Galician: feixón
• Portuguese: feijão (see there for further descendants)

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “feijoo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “feijoo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega