diezmo
See also: diezmó
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- diezmoh
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish diezmo, from Latin decimus (“tenth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tiˈjeːʃ.moʔ]
Noun
diezmo (inanimate)
- (Christianity) tithe
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin decimus (“tenth”), from decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdjed͡zmo/
Noun
diezmo m (plural diezmos)
- tithe, tenth
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2r.
- Estonz exio melchẏsedec a abraam a la carrera. e bédixol. ¬ dẏxo. Benedicto sea abraam de dẏos el alto. e diol pá ¬ vino q́ anos en figura de xṕs. e abraam a el diol el diezmo. de todo lo q́ aduzie.
- Then Melchizedek sent Abram on his way, and blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God the [Most] High.” And he gave him bread and wine, which to us is a figure of Christ. And to him Abram gave the tithe of all he had taken.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2r.
Related terms
- deceno
Descendants
- Spanish: diezmo
- Classical Nahuatl: diezmo
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish diezmo, from Latin decimus (“tenth”), from decem (“ten”). Doublet of the borrowed décimo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈdjeθmo/ [ˈd̪jeθ̬.mo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈdjesmo/ [ˈd̪jez.mo]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθmo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -esmo
- Syllabification: diez‧mo
Noun
diezmo m (plural diezmos)
- tithe
Adjective
diezmo (feminine diezma, masculine plural diezmos, feminine plural diezmas)
- (archaic) tenth
Derived terms
- diezmal
Related terms
- deceno
- décimo
- diez
- diezmar
Descendants
- Classical Nahuatl: diezmo
Verb
diezmo
- first-person singular present indicative of diezmar
Further reading
- “diezmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014