One analysis derives American Spanish poncho from Mapuche forms such as pontho / ponchu / pontro; competing scholarship argues that the Indigenous forms may instead reflect Spanish.
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poncho
poncho; sleeveless blanket-like garment
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMapuche / Mapudungun · Mapuche historical lexicography and modern pontro · garment or blanketpontho / ponchu / pontro
poncho, coarse blanket, or wool blanket
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A blanket or textile term and the sleeveless garment label are historically associated, but the direction of transfer is unresolved.
Spanish records and Mapuche lexicography overlap too closely for this dossier to declare one direction proven.
Merriam-Webster · Sánchez Cabezas · RAE · Iwasaki
proposed — Merriam-Webster and Sánchez support a Mapuche route; RAE and Iwasaki support or favor a Spanish-internal route.
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Poncho — Word HistoryWord History — American Spanish, from Mapuche
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supports the Mapuche route.
Poncho — Diccionario de la lengua españolaponcho¹ — quizá de po[n]cho “descolorido”
challengesAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗The current RAE entry proposes a Spanish-internal analysis.
Los mapuchismos en el DRAEponcho entry — pontro, poncho / ponco and historical forms
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents Mapuche lexical forms and the proposed mapuchism.
La universalidad del español: encuentros y contactos lingüísticosponcho discussion — 1530 record and Spanish-origin argument
challengesAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Presents the historical case against a secure Indigenous derivation.
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