espejo
See also: Espejo
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish espejo, from Vulgar Latin speclum, from Latin speculum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈpeʒo/
Noun
espejo m (Latin spelling, plural espejos)
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Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish espejo, older spillu (although this form may have been from a Navarro-Aragonese dialect), from Vulgar Latin speclum (or perhaps a variant form *spiclum), syncopated form of Latin speculum[1]. Compare the borrowed doublet espéculo. Cognate with English speculum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈpexo/ [esˈpe.xo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -exo
- Syllabification: es‧pe‧jo
Noun
espejo m (plural espejos)
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Derived terms
- espejarse
- espejillo
- espejismo
- espejito
- espejuelo
Related terms
- espéculo
- especular
Descendants
- → Cebuano: espeho
- → Hiligaynon: espeho
- → Isthmus Zapotec: speju
- → Karao: ispiho
- → Murui Huitoto: epejo
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “espejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014