suzio

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin sūcidus (“juicy; oily, greasy”), from sūcus (“juice, sap”) whence English succinite (“Baltic amber”). Compare Spanish sucio.

Adjective

suzio

dirty

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sūcidus (“juicy; oily, greasy”), from sūcus (“juice, sap”). According to Corominas and Pascual (vol. Ri-X 1983:324), it is always attested with -z- until the end of the 15th century; a derivation via a Latin variant succidus (as reported in some sources such as DRAE 23rd ed.^[1]) is therefore spurious.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsud͡zjo/

Adjective

suzio m (feminine suzia, masculine plural suzios, feminine plural suzias)

dirty
- between 1140-1207, Anonymous, Cantar de mío Cid 2291:
  El manto & el brial todo ſuʒio lo ſaco
  (modernized) El manto e el brial todo suzio lo sacó
  His mantle and bliaut were all dirty when he took them out
  (literally, “The mantle and the bliaut, he took it all out dirty”)

Descendants

Ladino: suzio
Spanish: sucio

References

^ “sucio”, 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
^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “sucio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

[1] “sucio”, 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

[2] Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “sucio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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