maçãa

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin māla (“apples”)) mattiana (“of Mattium”), though some theorize that mattiana was an Iberian pronunciation of the Gallo-Roman word matianium, a golden apple named after Gaius Matius, a horticulturist and friend of Caesar.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.ˈt͡sã.a/

Noun

maçãa f (plural maçãas)

apple (fruit)
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 3 (facsimile):
  Por ela nos perdõou / deus o pecado Dadam. / da maçãa que goſtou. per / que ſoffreu muit affan.
  By her, God forgave us of Adam’s sin. Of the apple he tasted, because she felt very anguished.

Descendants

Galician: mazá
Portuguese: maçã

References

Agnes, Michael, ed. in chief, Webster's New World College Dictionary, fourth edition, MacMillan, 1999.

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[1] Agnes, Michael, ed. in chief, Webster's New World College Dictionary, fourth edition, MacMillan, 1999.