English
Patagonia
Patagonia comes from Portuguese patagão.
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentpatagão
- Englishearliest quotation 1771Patagonia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentpatagão
- Englishearliest quotation 1771Patagonia
Earliest quotation: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. II: “CHILI, a province of ſouth America, bounded by Peru…”
Formed from -ia
Every English word from Portuguese patagão
Today it means
name A geographical region in southern South America, including the southern parts of Chile and Argentina.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portuguese patagão / Patagonia