saúco

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See also: sauco and saŭco

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sabuco, from Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus. With the case of Spanish, it was influenced in Vulgar Latin by the suffix -uccus (hence the -c- instead of expected -g-). Compare Galician and Portuguese sabugo, Catalan saüc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈuko/
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Syllabification: sa‧ú‧co

Noun

saúco m (plural saúcos)

  1. elder (tree)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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