desierto
Asturian
editAdjective
editdesierto
Old Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin dēsertum (“wasteland; desert”), from dēsertus (“forsaken; abandoned”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdesierto m (plural desiertos)
- desert
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v:
- allẏ en ebrõ. vinierõ las eſpias. del deſierto de faram. a tierra de promiſſion. Caleph. ⁊ ioſue. eſſos .x. cõpãneros.
- The spies went there, from the desert of Paran, to Hebron, the Promised Land. Caleb, Joshua and their ten companions.
Descendants
edit- Spanish: desierto
Spanish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /deˈsjeɾto/ [d̪eˈsjeɾ.t̪o]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾto
- Syllabification: de‧sier‧to
Etymology 1
editInherited from Old Spanish, from Latin dēsertus, probably taken as an early semi-learned term (the completely inherited/popular result would have been disierto, which was found in a few old texts).[1]
Adjective
editdesierto (feminine desierta, masculine plural desiertos, feminine plural desiertas)
- desert
- empty (of people)
- uninhabited
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editInherited from Old Spanish desierto, dessierto, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin dēsertum.
Noun
editdesierto m (plural desiertos)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
edit- “desierto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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