rebeco
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From earlier rebezo (1475), robezo (1434), from a cross between Old Spanish ueco (attested in Navarre in the 11th century) and revesso, reveso, revezo (“untamed, rebel”). The former is from Late Latin hybicum, from Latin ibex; the latter's origin is unknown.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rebeco (feminine rebeca, masculine plural rebecos, feminine plural rebecas)
Noun edit
rebeco m (plural rebecos)
References edit
- ^ "Etimología de rebeco ‘gamuza’ y de reveso ‘rebeco’ y ‘(pez) rémora’", Boletin de la Real Academia Española, 81 (2001), 223-53.
Further reading edit
- “rebeco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014