pequennuelo

Old Spanish

Etymology

From pequenno (“young, small”) +‎ -uelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pekeˈɲwelo/

Adjective

pequennuelo m (feminine pequennuela, masculine plural pequennuelos, feminine plural pequennuelas)

1. Diminutive of pequenno; very young, infant.
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 95r:

     Et q́ deſcenda ſobreſta piedra la uertud de figura de mugier con cabellos creſpos. ⁊ que tiene un ſu fijo pequennuelo ante ſi.

     And may over this stone descend the virtue of the figure of the woman with the curly hair, and who has her infant son before her.

Descendants

• Spanish: pequeñuelo