cantueso
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from a Vulgar Latin *chamaethusius, from Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, ground”) and θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”), meaning "incense of the earth".[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cantueso m (plural cantuesos)
References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cantueso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=gYtvAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Further reading
[edit]- “cantueso”, 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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