ceruiz

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cervīcem, singular accusative of cervīx, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡seɾˈβit͡s/

Noun

ceruiz f (plural ceruizes)

1. (usually in the plural, anatomy) neck

   Synonym: cuello

   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 45v:

     ⁊ eli el ſac̃dot era vieio. e auie .Lxxxxviij. ãnos Qvando oẏo estas nueuas echos ariedro dela ſiella en q̃ ſedie erõpio las ceruizes emurio

     And Eli the priest was old, and he was ninety-eight years old. When he heard these news, he fell backward from the chair on which he sat and broke his neck and died.

Descendants

• Spanish: cerviz