Etymograph

English

Gijón

Gijón comes from Spanish Gijón, and goes back to roa-ole Pobla de Gigión.

  1. roa-olemodernPobla de Gigión
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Gigia
  3. AsturianmodernXixón
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentGijón
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. roa-olemodernPobla de Gigión
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Gigia
  3. AsturianmodernXixón
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentGijón
  5. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From Spanish Gijón, from Asturian Xixón; found in medieval documents as Medieval Latin Gigia and as Old Leonese Pobla de Gigión, but further origins are unclear.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Every English word from roa-ole Pobla de Gigión

Today it means

name A city on the coast of Asturias, in northwestern Spain.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / roa-ole Pobla de Gigión / Gijón

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