xinxa

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Mozarabic *činče, itself from Latin cīmicem (cf. Spanish chinche). The Catalan singular xinxa is a back-formation from the plural xinxes. Displaced Old Catalan címeu, which was directly inherited from Latin.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

xinxa f (plural xinxes)

  1. bedbug

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “xinxa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Further reading

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