pavilo

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus. Attested from ca. 1400.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈβilo/

Verb

pavilo

1. candlewick

Descendants

• Spanish: pabilo, pábilo; pavíl
  • → Sardinian: pabilu

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “pabilo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 329