Pintoria
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Pre-Roman toponym of disputed etymology. The hypothesis with most support —X.L. García Arias— derives it from a pre-Roman base *pint- of orographic value ('height covered with pine grove') with the Asturleonese locative suffix -oria. It designates the pastoral hamlet of the Pola de Allande foothills.
The pre-Roman base *pint- is of uncertain but probably Celtic filiation, linked to the notion of 'pine, pinewood'. It appears in Asturleonese toponyms like Pintoria, Pintín and Pintueles. The hamlet of Pintoria is documented from 1198 in cartularies of the Obona monastery.
Evolution of the name
- *pint- pre-Roman before the 9th century
- Pintoria medieval Asturleonese from the 12th century
Glossary
- Asturian Atlantic pinewood
- Forest formation of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) characteristic of the Asturian Cantabrian foothills between 400 and 1,200 metres, in transition zones between the Atlantic oak grove and the high-altitude beech groves. Although today reduced by the repopulation with radiata pine, the original pinewoods maintained important economic function for resin, timber and charcoal until the 19th century.
- Etymology
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- Locative suffix
- A Castilian ending marking "place of" or "workshop where X is worked": -ería (panadería, herrería), -ero/-era (barquera, Itero "place of the road"). From the Latin -arium.
- Pre-Roman
- Prior to the Romanisation of the Iberian peninsula (3rd century BC); applied to toponyms, linguistic roots and populations.
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