linaça

Old Spanish

Etymology

From lino (“flax”) +‎ -aça.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈnat͡sa/

Noun

linaça f (usually uncountable)

1. linseed, flaxseed
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 32r:

     […] ⁊ aun en otra coſa. que ſi la molieren con olio de linaça faz mas fina color q́ el uerdet ⁊ mas clara.

     […] and yet another thing; that if it is ground with linseed oil it makes it finer and lighter in color than verdigris.

Descendants

• Spanish: linaza