tomillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *thymellus, diminutive of Latin thymus, from Ancient Greek θύμος (thúmos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /toˈmiʝo/ [t̪oˈmi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toˈmiʝo/ [t̪oˈmi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /toˈmiʎo/ [t̪oˈmi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toˈmiʃo/ [t̪oˈmi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toˈmiʒo/ [t̪oˈmi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: to‧mi‧llo

Noun

tomillo m (plural tomillos)

1. thyme

Derived terms

• tomillo blanco
• tomillo español
• tomillo salsero

 

Descendants

• →? Catalan: tomello
• → Portuguese: tomilho

Further reading

• “tomillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014