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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cervīcem, singular accusative of cervīx, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ceruiz f (plural ceruizes)
- (usually in the plural, anatomy) neck
- Synonym: cuello
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 45v:⁊ eli el ſac̃dot era vieio. e auie .Lxxxxviij. ãnos Qvando oẏo estas nueuas echos ariedro dela ſiella en q̃ ſedie erõpio las ceruizes emurio- And Eli the priest was old, and he was ninety-eight years old. When he heard these news, he fell backward from the chair on which he sat and broke his neck and died.
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