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Trapiche (other)
A trapiche is a mill made of wooden rollers used to extract juice from fruit, originally olives, and since the Middle Ages, sugar cane as well. By extension the word is also sometimes applied to the location of the mill, whether the workshop or the entire plantation. Etymology The word has its origin in the Latin '' trapetum'' that means oil mill. From the Sicilian language ''trappitu'' the term, crossing the Mozarab Valencia, with its typical change of termination to «-ig» via the Catalan language (''trapig'' -Gandía, 1536-, ''trapitz de canyamel'' -Mallorca, 1466-) has arrived to the other languages of the Iberian peninsula as ''trapiche''. In the documents of the Duke of Gandía from the beginning of the fifteen century, one can see the term «trapig de canyamel», as a synecdoche to indicate the whole village engenho. According to Herrera: ''"..es de notar que antiguamente no auuia azucar,ſino en Valencia"'' ("note that in the old days there was no sugar except in Valencia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A trapiche is a Mill (grinding), mill made of wooden rollers used to extract juice from fruit, originally olives, and since the Middle Ages, Saccharum officinarum, sugar cane as well. By extension the word is also sometimes applied to the location of the mill, whether the workshop or the entire plantation. Etymology The word has its origin in the Latin ''wikt:trapētus, trapetum'' that means oil mill. From the Sicilian language ''trappituCharles Verlinden & Eberhard Schmitt, ''Die mittelalterlichen Ursprünge der europäischen Expansion,'' tom I de ''Dokumente zur Geschichte der europäischen Expansion,'' Wiesbaden, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1986, pàgina 169, '' the term, crossing the Mozarabs, Mozarab Kingdom of Valencia, Valencia, with its typical change of termination to «-ig» via the Catalan language (''trapig'' -Gandía, 1536-, ''trapitz de canyamel'' -Mallorca, 1466-) has arrived to the other languages of the Iberian Peninsula, Iberian peninsula as ''trapiche.'' In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
