vedegambre

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish vedegambre, with dissimilation from an earlier *medegambre (cf. the attested Old Spanish megambre), from Latin medicāmine, singular ablative of medicāmen (or from the genitive medicāminis).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bedeˈɡambɾe/ [be.ð̞eˈɣ̞ãm.bɾe]
  • Rhymes: -ambɾe
  • Syllabification: ve‧de‧gam‧bre

Noun

vedegambre m (plural vedegambres)

  1. (botany) hellebore
    Synonym: eléboro

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “vedegambre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 752

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