Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese codesso, probably from Vulgar Latin *cutissus, from Latin cytisus, from Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos). Or else from a substrate language. Cognate with Portuguese codesso, Spanish codeso.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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codeso m (plural codesos)

  1. Adenocarpus complicatus
    Synonym: piorno
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 101:
      Para matar a fistolla filla o rratano que he o sirgo da rraposa que see nos codesos, saão, et viño, et ponno en hũa olla Noua et leixao tanto cozer sobre llo fogo que se faça del caruõos, et destes caruões faras poo que deitaras na fistolla, et matalla as.
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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “codeso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cutisus, from Latin cytisus, from Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos). Doublet of cítiso.

Noun

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codeso m (plural codesos)

  1. laburnum

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