enzia
Old Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin gingīva. According to Corominas and Pascual, also attested as enziva, cf. Asturian enxiva~xenxiva.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
enzia f (plural enzias)
- (usually in the plural, anatomy) gum
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 72r:
- Eſta piedra preſta mucho al podrimiento delos dientes ⁊ delas enzias. ⁊ mata los guſanos que se fazen en ellos. ⁊ faz los blancos & fremoſos.
- This stone is very good for the rotting of the teeth and gums. And it kills the worms that form in [teeth], and it makes them white and beautiful.
Descendants edit
- Spanish: encía
Further reading edit
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “encía”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 597