marangon

From Medieval Latin mergō, mergōnem, from Latin mergus (“diver, loon”).^[1] The sense of “carpenter” evolved from “one who repairs ships underwater” (in the Venetian Arsenal).^[2] Compare the semantic development of Italian palombaro (“deep-sea diver”), from palumbārius (“a kind of hawk which attacks doves”). Cognate with Italian marangone (“cormorant”).

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɾaŋˈɡoŋ/
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ran‧gón

marangon m (plural marangoni, female equivalent marangona)

1. carpenter

   Synonym: (Primiero) tisler

• → Cimbrian: marangù, marangùn
• → Greek: μαραγκός (maragkós)
• → Friulian: marangon
• → Ladin: marangon, maringon
• → Lombard: marangù, marengù (Eastern)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مارانغوز, مرانغوز (marangoz), մարանկօզ (marangoz) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: marangoz
  • → Albanian: marangoz
  • → Armenian: մառանկոզ (maṙankoz), մարանկոզ (marankoz)
  • → Greek: μαραγκός (maragkós)
  • → Romanian: marangoz
• → Romansch: marangun