parafuso

Galician

From Old Galician-Portuguese perafuso (“spindle whorl?”) (13th century, Alfonso X the Wise). Uncertain. Perhaps from par (“pair”) +‎ fuso (“spindle”) or from pedra (“stone”) +‎ fuso (“spindle”).

parafuso m (plural parafusos)

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “perafuso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “perafuso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parafuso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “parafuso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parafuso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Uncertain. Possibly from para- +‎ fuso, from Medieval Latin *pare fusu or from Spanish parahúso.

parafuso m (plural parafusos)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

parafuso