gengivre

Norman

Etymology

Inherited from Old French gengivre, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī.

Noun

gengivre m (plural gengivres)

1. (Jersey) ginger

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gengibre, gingivre, gingibre

Etymology

Either from Old Spanish gengibre or directly from the latter's source- Old Occitan gengibre. First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒenˈd͡ʒiβɾe/

Noun

gengivre m (plural gengibres)

1. ginger
   • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 175:

     filla tres dramas de cravos girofes e tres onças de galingal e outro tanto de cardomomo e outro tanto de gengivre e outro tanto d’alcoravina e outro tanto de canela, e a semente do fuuncho en maior contia destas todas.

     take three drachmas of clove, and three ounces of galangal, and as much of cardamom, and as much of ginger, and as much of caraway, and as much of cinnamon, and seeds of fennel in the largest amount of them all

Descendants

• Galician: xenxibre, xenxebre, sinxebra
• Portuguese: gengibre

References

• “gengiure” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.