sennal

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin signāle, based on Latin signum (“mark, sign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɲal/

Noun

sennal f (plural sennales)

1. sign, indication
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 1v:

     […] connoſciendo las por peſo ⁊ por dureza ⁊ por las otras ſennales por que ſe pueden connoſçer a om̃e que fuere entendudo en este ſaber.

     […] knowing them by weight and hardness and by the other signs that may be known by a man learned in this knowledge.

2. (medicine) symptom
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 65r:

     Et ſi los poluos della ſobre las ſennales delas llagas ponen tuelle las.

     And if the dust is [applied] over the signs of a sore, it heals them.

Related terms

• sennalado

Descendants

• Spanish: señal