venino
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese vinino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βeˈnino/
Noun
venino m (plural veninos)
- poison, venom
- c. 1264, Del Sacrificio de la Misa, cuarteto 98
- (...) Redempcion de pecados sin sangne nunca vino, sangne lava las almas de todo mal venino (...)
- Redemption of sins without blood never came, blood washes the souls from all venomous evil.
- c. 1264, Del Sacrificio de la Misa, cuarteto 98
Derived terms
- veninoso
Descendants
References
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “veneno”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 769