neguilla

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish neguiella, from *neiella (with /ɡ/ inserted according to negro "black"), from Late Latin nigella.

Noun

neguilla f (plural neguillas)

1. any of a number of plants. See Spanish Wikipedia for more information

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “negro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 222

Further reading

• “neguilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10