inzo

Galician

Etymology 1

Perhaps from an Old Galician-Portuguese *ĩĩço, from Latin initium (“beginning”) (thus a doublet of the borrowing início), or alternatively a back-formation from inzar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinθo̝/

Noun

inzo m (plural inzos)

1. seed

   Synonym: semente

2. scion

   Synonym: rebento

3. semen

   Synonym: seme

4. vigor; spread

Related terms

• inzamento
• inzar

References

• “inzo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “inzo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “inzo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

inzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of inzar