Padrón
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Toponym derived from the Latin petronum ('great stone, large rock'), augmentative of petra. It designates the small Asturian hamlet settled on a limestone outcrop characteristic of the Palo range, on the Camino's descent towards the pass. Distinct from the Galician Padrón (Compostelan) by parallel etymology and by regional context.
Petronum, Romance augmentative of petra ('stone, crag'), produced in Hispanic toponymy two toponymic series: Padrón (with medieval vocalic opening) and Pedrón (with preservation of the e). The Asturian hamlet is documented from 1085 as a hamlet of the Belmonte monastery. It is an intermediate stop before the final ascent to the Palo pass.
Evolution of the name
- petra / petronum Latin 1st–5th centuries
- Padrón medieval Asturleonese from the 11th century
Glossary
- Etymology
- The origin and history of a word and the phonetic and semantic changes it has undergone. An etymology may be confirmed, probable or disputed depending on documentary attestations and linguistic parallels.
- Palo Pass
- Passage of the Palo range in the Allande concejo (Asturias) at 1,165 metres altitude, divide between the Narcea and Navia basins. It is the highest pass of the Primitive Camino and one of the oldest in continuous use of the Cantabrian range, documented mansion of the Roman road between Lucus Augusti (Lugo) and Lucus Asturum (Lugo de Llanera) from the 1st century.
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