touiello

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tūbellum, a diminutive of Latin tūber (“hump, bump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈβjeʎo/

Noun

touiello m (plural touiellos)

1. (anatomy) ankle
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 7r:

     Et la eſtrella que es ſobrel touiello del poſtremero pie del ſigno de aries a fuerça ⁊ ſennorio ſobresta piedra & della recibe la fuerça & la uertud.

     And the star on the ankle of the furthest foot of the sign of Aries has power and dominion over this stone; it receives its power and virtue from it.

Descendants

• Spanish: tobillo