incienso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish incienso. Doublet of incense.

Noun

incienso (uncountable)

  1. A desert shrub (Encelia farinosa) producing a resin that emits a fragrant odor when burned.

References

  • The King's Highway in Baja California, By Harry Crosby and Diana Lindsay, Baja California (Mexico) Copley Books: 1974, →ISBN

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈθjenso/ [ĩn̟ˈθjẽn.so] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /inˈsjenso/ [ĩnˈsjẽn.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -enso
  • Syllabification: in‧cien‧so

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish encienso, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin incēnsum (“incense”), from Latin incēnsus (“inflamed, fiery”), from incendō (“to set on fire, burn, kindle”). Compare with Old Spanish encensar (“to cense”) and enceso (“inflamed, kindled”) (from encender), which was inherited directly from Latin.[1]

Noun

incienso m (plural inciensos)

  1. incense
  2. Myrocarpus frondosus, a tree from the Fabaceae family
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

incienso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of incensar

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “incienso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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