espejo
See also: Espejo
LadinoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish espejo, from Vulgar Latin speclum, from Latin speculum.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
espejo m (Latin spelling, plural espejos)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish espejo, older spillu (although this form may have been from a Navarro-Aragonese dialect), from Vulgar Latin speclum (or perhaps a variant form *spiclum), syncopated form of Latin speculum[1]. Compare the borrowed doublet espéculo. Cognate with English speculum.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
espejo m (plural espejos)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Cebuano: espeho
- → Hiligaynon: espeho
- → Isthmus Zapotec: speju
- → Karao: ispiho
- → Murui Huitoto: epejo
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further readingEdit
- “espejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014