diezmo

• diezmoh

Borrowed from Spanish diezmo, from Latin decimus (“tenth”).

• IPA^(key):

diezmo (inanimate)

1. (Christianity) tithe

From Latin decimus (“tenth”), from decem (“ten”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjed͡zmo/

diezmo m (plural diezmos)

1. tithe, tenth
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2r:

     Estonz exio melchẏsedec a abraam a la carrera. e bẽdixol. ⁊ dẏxo. Benedicto sea abraam de dẏos el alto. e diol pã ⁊ vino q̃ anos en figura de x̃s. e abraam a el diol el diezmo. de todo lo q̃ aduzie.

     Then Melchizedek sent Abram on his way, and blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God the High.” And he gave him bread and wine, which to us is a figure of Christ. And to him Abram gave the tithe of all he had taken.

• deceno

• Spanish: diezmo
  • → Classical Nahuatl: diezmo

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈdjeθmo/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈdjesmo/
• Rhymes: -eθmo
• Rhymes: -esmo
• Syllabification: diez‧mo

Inherited from Old Spanish diezmo, from Latin decimus (“tenth”), from decem (“ten”). Doublet of the borrowed décimo.

diezmo m (plural diezmos)

1. tithe

diezmo (feminine diezma, masculine plural diezmos, feminine plural diezmas)

1. (archaic) tenth

• → Classical Nahuatl: diezmo

diezmo

1. first-person singular present indicative of diezmar

• “diezmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28