enzina

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ilicīna, from Latin īlex (“holm oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈd͡zina/

Noun

enzina f (plural enzinas)

1. holm oak
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v. b.

     ally delãt ebrõ. es mõt mãbre. e ouo y grãt arbor. e fue enzina. ala rayz daq̃l arbor estaua abraã.

     There, past Hebron, is the hill Mamre, where there was a great holm oak. Abraham was [sitting] on the root of that tree.

   • Idem, f. 2r. a.

     q̃ndo eſtaua abraã ſola enzina ẽ mãbre & vio .iij. barones q̃ paſauan por la carrera.

     When Abraham was [sitting] by the holm oak in Mamre he saw three men who were passing nearby.

Descendants

• Spanish: encina