enzina

enzina

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ilicīna, from Latin īlex (“holm oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [enˈd͡zi.na]

Noun

enzina f (plural enzinas)

1. holm oak
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v. b.

     ally delát ebró. es mót mãbre. e ouo y grát arbor. e fue enzina. ala rayz daq́l arbor estaua abraã.

     There, past Hebron, is the hill Mamre, where there was a great holm oak. Abraham was [sitting] on the root of that tree.

   • Idem, f. 2r. a.

     q́ndo eſtaua abraã ſola enzina é mãbre & vio. iij. barones q́ paſauan por la carrera.

     When Abraham was [sitting] by the holm oak in Mamre he saw three men who were passing nearby.

Descendants

• Spanish: encina