pavíl

Spanish

Noun

pavíl m (plural paviles) (obsolete)

1. Alternative form of pabilo (“candlewick”) (attested 1555; possibly influenced by candil)

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “pabilo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 330