circuncision

See also: circuncisión

Middle French

Noun

circuncision f (plural circuncisions)

1. circumcision

Descendants

• French: circoncision

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin circumcīsiōnem, accusative singular of circumcīsiō, from circumcīdō (“I cut around”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡siɾkunt͡siˈzjon/

Noun

circuncision f (plural circuncisiones)

1. circumcision
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 13r:

     […] Do albergo fallo el angel del ſeñor ⁊ q̃ſol matar priſo vna piedra aguda ⁊ circuncido ſo fijo ⁊ folgo edixo. Nouio de ſãgre eres acircunciſiones.

     […] Where he lodged he found the angel of the Lord, who attempted to kill him. So she took sharp stone and circumcised her son and cast it and said, “You are a bridegroom of blood [to me] through circumcisions.”

Related terms

• circuncidar, circunciso

Descendants

• Spanish: circuncisión