almadreña

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish madrueña, from Latin māteria (“wood”) + -ōnea.

Noun

almadreña f (plural almadreñas)

1. clog

   Synonyms: madreña, zueco

Further reading

• “almadreña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “almadreña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 183