rezno

Inherited from Old Spanish rezno, from Latin ricinus. According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in Nebrija in the 15th century. Cognate with Asturian rendu, rédinu, Dalmatian drecno, Nuorese Sardinian errichìna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreθno/ [ˈreθ̬.no] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈresno/ [ˈrez.no] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθno (Spain)
• Rhymes: -esno (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: rez‧no

rezno m (plural reznos)

1. tick (arachnid)

   Synonym: garrapata

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “rezno”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 904

• “rezno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024