gengibre
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Either from Old Spanish gengibre or directly from the latter's source- Old Occitan gengibre. First attested in the 13th century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gengibre m (plural gengibres)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Da Cunha, Antônio Geraldo (2012) “gengibre”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Lexicon
Old Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Occitan gengibre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gengibre m (plural gengibres)
Descendants edit
- Spanish: jengibre
- → Basque: jengibre
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: gengibre, gengivre, gingivre, gingibre
- → Old Leonese: [Term?]
- Asturian: xenxibre
References edit
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “jengibre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 506
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gengibre. Compare Galician xenxibre.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: gen‧gi‧bre
Noun edit
gengibre m (plural gengibres)