enzina

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ilicīna, from Latin īlex (“holm oak”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /enˈd͡zina/

Noun

enzina f (plural enzinas)

  1. holm oak
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v. b.
      ally delãt ebrõ. es mõt mãbre. e ouo y grãt arbor. e fue enzina. ala rayz daq̃l arbor estaua abraã.
      There, past Hebron, is the hill Mamre, where there was a great holm oak. Abraham was [sitting] on the root of that tree.
    • Idem, f. 2r. a.
      q̃ndo eſtaua abraã ſola enzina ẽ mãbre & vio .iij. barones q̃ paſauan por la carrera.
      When Abraham was [sitting] by the holm oak in Mamre he saw three men who were passing nearby.

Descendants
  • Spanish: encina
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