diezmo
See also: diezmó
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish diezmo, from Latin decimus (“tenth”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
diezmo (inanimate)
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin decimus (“tenth”), from decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
diezmo m (plural diezmos)
- tithe, tenth
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2r:
- Estonz exio melchẏsedec a abraam a la carrera. e bẽdixol. ⁊ dẏxo. Benedicto sea abraam de dẏos el alto. e diol pã ⁊ vino q̃ anos en figura de x̃s. e abraam a el diol el diezmo. de todo lo q̃ aduzie.
- Then Melchizedek sent Abram on his way, and blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God the [Most] High.” And he gave him bread and wine, which to us is a figure of Christ. And to him Abram gave the tithe of all he had taken.
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Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈdjeθmo/ [ˈd̪jeθ̬.mo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈdjesmo/ [ˈd̪jez.mo]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθmo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -esmo
- Syllabification: diez‧mo
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Spanish diezmo, from Latin decimus (“tenth”), from decem (“ten”). Doublet of the borrowed décimo.
Noun edit
diezmo m (plural diezmos)
Adjective edit
diezmo (feminine diezma, masculine plural diezmos, feminine plural diezmas)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Classical Nahuatl: diezmo
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
diezmo
Further reading edit
- “diezmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014