neguilla

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish neguiella, from *neiella (with /ɡ/ inserted according to negro "black"), from Late Latin nigella.

Noun

neguilla f (plural neguillas)

any of a number of plants. See Spanish Wikipedia for more information

References

Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1984) “negro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 222

Further reading

“neguilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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