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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *tūbellum, a diminutive of Latin tūber (“hump, bump”).
Pronunciation
Noun
touiello m (plural touiellos)
- (anatomy) ankle
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 7r:Et la eſtrella que es ſobrel touiello del poſtremero pie del ſigno de aries a fuerça ⁊ ſennorio ſobresta piedra & della recibe la fuerça & la uertud.- And the star on the ankle of the furthest foot of the sign of Aries has power and dominion over this stone; it receives its power and virtue from it.
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