cantueso

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *chamaethusius, from Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, ground”) and θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”), meaning "incense of the earth".[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈtweso/ [kãn̪ˈt̪we.so]
  • Rhymes: -eso
  • Syllabification: can‧tue‧so

Noun

cantueso m (plural cantuesos)

  1. lavender
    Synonyms: lavanda, alhucema, espliego, lavándula

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cantueso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=gYtvAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

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