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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin arāneam, from or akin to Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē). Cognate with Old Spanish aranna.
Pronunciation
Noun
aranna f (plural arannas)
- spider (any arachnid of the order Araneae)
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- pelo braço lle sayu / uiua aquela aranna.
- that spider emerged alive from his arm.
Descendants
Old Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin arāneam, from or akin to Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese aranna.
Pronunciation
Noun
aranna f (plural arannas)
- spider
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 25v:Et ſu uertud es contra todos los toſſicos delos animales que non ſon mucho empozonados aſſi como arannas ⁊ bieſpas. ⁊ tauanos, ⁊ eſtas coſas menudas atales que naſcen dela tierra.- And its virtue is against all of the venoms of the animals that are not as venomous, such as spiders, and wasps, and gadflies, and small things such as these that are born from the earth.
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