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Galician
Etymology
Attested since circa 1390. From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
Pronunciation
Noun
mirto m (plural mirtos)
- myrtle
- Synonym: murta
1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 167:Et d'estas septe couselas saeẽ delas septe lumes, et nõ entrã en elas senõ olio de basmo ou de mirto ou de ouliua- And outside from these seven receptacles seven fires burn, and nothing but oil of balsam or myrtle or olive enters in them
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mirto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mirto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mirto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mirto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mirto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
Pronunciation
Noun
mirto m (plural mirti)
- common myrtle (Myrtus communis)
- myrtle (plant of the genus Myrtus )
Anagrams
Latvian
Participle
mirto
- inflection of mirtais:
- vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
- genitive plural masculine/feminine
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
Pronunciation
Noun
mirto m (plural mirtos)
- myrtle
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiɾto/
- Rhymes: -iɾto
- Syllabification: mir‧to
Noun
mirto m (plural mirtos)
- myrtle
- Synonyms: arrayán, murta
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