nerbio

nerbio

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin nervus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈneɾ.βjo]

Noun

nerbio m (plural nerbios)

1. (anatomy) sinew, tendon
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63v.

     E. ppħize cuemo me acomendado e fue roydo quant ppħize cuemo tempeſtad. Aplegaronſe los hueſos a hueſos e carne e ſobre ellos nerbios e carne crubio ſobrellos cuero de ſuſo ſṕu nó auia en ellos.

     And I prophesied as He had commanded me, and when I prophesied there was a noise like a storm. Bones to bones came together, and flesh; and tendons and flesh over them, [and] skin covered them from above. [But] there was no breath in them.

Descendants

• Spanish: nervio