canónigo
See also: Canonigo
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin canonicus (“canon”), from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós). Cognate with Portuguese cónego, Galician cóengo.
The sense of “corn salad” seems to come by ellipsis from (hierba de los) canónigos.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]canónigo m (plural canónigos)
- canon (ecclesiastic who has a canonry)
- corn salad (any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads)
- Synonym: hierba de los canónigos
Further reading
[edit]- “canónigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Late Latin
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- Rhymes:Spanish/oniɡo
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- es:Vegetables
- es:Honeysuckle family plants