aneldo

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• eneldo

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *anēthulum, from Latin anēthum, from Ancient Greek ἄνηθον (ánēthon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈneldo/

Noun

aneldo m

1. dill (herb)
   • ca. 1300, anonymous, Gerardus falconarius , (ed. by Pedro Sánchez-Prieto Borja, 2004, Alcalá de Henares: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):

     Pora toller la set conujene que tomen el leuistico & el apio. & las berças montesinas. & la foia del aneldo. & la simjente del finoio. & cuegan todas estas cosas egual mjente en vino & mezcan las bien. & quando fuere frio den gelo a beuer.

     To relieve thirst, it is convenient to take the levistic and celery, and hill cabbages, and the leaf of the dill, and fennel seeds. Assemble all these things equally, in wine, and mix them well. And when it's cold, serve it as a drink.

Descendants

• Spanish: eneldo, aneldo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈneldo/ [aˈnel̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -eldo
• Syllabification: a‧nel‧do

Noun

aneldo m (plural aneldos)

1. Alternative form of eneldo
   • 1619, Juan de Luna, Diálogos familiares en lengua española :

     A. Pedro amigo: de que se haze la puta vieja?
     P. De la puta moça.
     M. No se haze sino de seldo, de aneldo, del cagajon mordeldo y del poluo de las eras.

Further reading

• “aneldo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28