compeçamiento

Old Spanish

Etymology

From compeçar (“to begin”) +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompet͡saˈmjento/

Noun

compeçamiento m (usually uncountable)

1. beginning

   Synonym: començament

   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 44v:

     Fue al cõpeçamiento q̃ eſtidieron ẏ. enõ temierõ al criador. etrametio el criador leones. ematarõ los.

     It was at the beginning that they dwelt there that they did not fear the Creator, and the Creator sent [among them] lions, and they killed them.