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saúco

See also: sauco and saŭco

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Spanish sabuco, from Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus. With the case of Spanish, it was influenced in Vulgar Latin by the suffix -uccus (hence the -c- instead of expected -g-).[1] Compare Galician and Portuguese sabugo, Catalan saüc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /saˈuko/ [saˈu.ko]
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Syllabification: sa‧ú‧co

Noun edit

saúco m (plural saúcos)

  1. elder (tree)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading edit

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