parchemin

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French parchemin, from Vulgar Latin *pergamīnus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paʁ.ʃə.mɛ̃/
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Noun

parchemin m (plural parchemins)

parchment (material)

Further reading

“parchemin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

parchemin

Alternative form of parchemyn

Old French

Alternative forms

parchamin
perkemin, parkemin (northern)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pergamīnus.

Noun

parchemin oblique singular, m (oblique plural parchemins, nominative singular parchemins, nominative plural parchemin)

parchment

Descendants

French: parchemin
→ Middle Dutch: percament
- Dutch: perkament
→ Middle English: parchemyn, parchement, perchemyn, parchmen, parchemin, percemyn, parchemen, parchemeyn
- English: parchment
- Scots: pairchment
→ Sicilian: barciminu, carcimina

References

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

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