gorgojo
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin gurguliō, variant of curculiō. Coromines and Pascual posit a Vulgar Latin *gurgulius, back-derived from the Latin accusative gurguliōnem after speakers interpreted its ending as an augmentative (cf. Spanish -ón). They also acknowledge the possibility that gorgojo was simply inherited from the original Latin nominative. Compare Italian gorgoglione, alongside the Old Italian gorgoglio. For other Spanish animal names that appear to reflect the Latin nominative, cf. drago, pavo, and sierpe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gorgojo m (plural gorgojos)
- grub
- weevil
- Synonyms: curculiónido, picudo
- (colloquial) small person
References
[edit]- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “gorgojo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 175
Further reading
[edit]- “gorgojo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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