arienzo

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English

Noun

arienzo (plural arienzos)

  1. (historical) An old coin of Castille.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish arenzo and arienço, inherited from Latin argenteus.[1] Doublet of the borrowing argénteo and argento. Compare also Old Galician-Portuguese arenço.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈɾjenθo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈɾjenso/
  • Rhymes: -enθo
  • Rhymes: -enso
  • Syllabification: a‧rien‧zo

Noun

arienzo m (plural arienzos)

  1. a certain type of old coin from Castille[2]

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “arienzo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ “arienzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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