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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin gingīva. According to Corominas and Pascual, also attested as enziva, cf. Asturian enxiva~xenxiva.
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Noun
enzia f (plural enzias)
- (usually in the plural, anatomy) gum
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 72r:Eſta piedra preſta mucho al podrimiento delos dientes ⁊ delas enzias. ⁊ mata los guſanos que se fazen en ellos. ⁊ faz los blancos & fremoſos.- This stone is very good for the rotting of the teeth and gums. And it kills the worms that form in , and it makes them white and beautiful.
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