botijo
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish botijo, from Spanish botija, from Vulgar Latin *buticula[1] (or from Late Latin butticula,[2] with attestation difficult to locate), from Vulgar Latin buttis (or LL.[3]).
Noun
botijo (plural botijos)
- A traditional Spanish porous clay vessel designed to hold water and to cool it by evaporation.
References
- ^ Etymology and history of “bouteille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
- ^ “botija”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
- ^ idem.
Spanish
Etymology
From botija.
Pronunciation
Noun
botijo m (plural botijos)
- botijo
- c. 1907, Luis Bonafoux, Gotas de sangre: crímenes y criminales:
- Al paso que van, no dudo que habrá que establecer trenes botijos para presidiarios reconocidos inocentes, después de haber pasado un cuarto de siglo trabajando bajo un sol que no alumbra
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
- → English: botijo
Further reading
- “botijo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28