cenisa

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis (“cold ashes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡seˈniza/

Noun

cenisa f (plural cenisas)

1. ash, cinder
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 17r:

     Blanca es de color. pero poco aſſi que tira a color de ceniſa clara.

     It is white in color, but a little, so that its color is more like that of light ash.

   • Idem, 17v.

     […] quando la queman ⁊ la fazen ceniſa. todas aquellas colores que mostraua ante la piedra todas pareſcen en la ceniſa despues que es quemada.

     […] when they burn it and turn it to ash, all the colors present before in the stone appear in the ashes after it has been burnt.

Descendants

• Spanish: ceniza