humidat

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin humiditās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umiˈdat/

Noun

humidat f (usually uncountable)

1. dampness, moisture
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 17r:

     Et los fiſicos daquella tierra queman este algodon ⁊ fazen lo poluos ⁊ meten los en los oios por q̃ tuelle la lagrema ⁊ toda la humidat que a en ellos.

     And physicians from that land burn this cotton and turn it into a dust they use on the eyes, because it removes tears and all the moisture from them.

   • Idem, 22v.

     Et ſu color es aſſi como yema de ueuo. ⁊ quando la quebrantã fallan dentro un cuerpo en manera de humidat que ſe pega alas manos.

     And its color is like that of an egg yolk, and when they break it they find inside a certain body, like a dampness that sticks to the hands.

Related terms

• humido

Descendants

• Spanish: humedad