Etymograph

English

icpal

Icpal comes from Spanish icpal.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presenticpal
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1931same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Spanishc. 1500–presenticpal
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1931same form

Earliest quotation: 1931, Carleton Beals, Mexican Maize: “Spanish royalty sat arrogantly in an elaborate Fourth-of-July pavillion;…”

Today it means

noun A kind of indigenous Mexican seat or bench.

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

Etymograph / Spanish icpal / icpal