xabon

xabon

See also: xabón

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃaˈβõn]

Noun

xabon m (plural xabones)

1. soap
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v.

     […] Et es muy lezne amanera de la piedra del xabon.

     […] And it is very soft, like the stone of soap.

Descendants

• Ladino:

  Hebrew: שאבון‎

  Latin: shavón

• Spanish: jabón (see there for further descendants)
• → Japanese: シャボン (shabon)

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Spanish

Noun

xabon m (plural xábones)

1. Obsolete spelling of jabón