martiello

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Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin martellus, diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus.

Noun[edit]

martiello m (plural martiellos)

  1. hammer

References[edit]

Old Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin martellus, itself a diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, or alternatively based on malleus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

martiello m (plural martiellos)

  1. hammer
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 44v:
      […] aſſi como el clauo quandol fieren con martiello.
      […] just like a nail when it is struck with a hammer.
    • Idem, f. 52v.
      […] ⁊ fizierẽ daquella plata martiello ⁊ raque ⁊ firieren con aquel martiello ſobrella en logar do aya aues […]
      […] and should they make from that silver a hammer and anvil and strike it with that hammer where there are birds […]

Descendants[edit]

  • Spanish: martillo