ceruiz
Old Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cervīcem, singular accusative of cervīx, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editceruiz f (plural ceruizes)
- (usually in the plural, anatomy) neck
- Synonym: cuello
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 45v:
- ⁊ eli el ſac̃dot era vieio. e auie .Lxxxxviij. ãnos Qvando oẏo estas nueuas echos ariedro dela ſiella en q̃ ſedie erõpio las ceruizes emurio
- And Eli the priest was old, and he was ninety-eight years old. When he heard these news, he fell backward from the chair on which he sat and broke his neck and died.
Descendants
edit- Spanish: cerviz