çumo

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic زُوم (zūm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡su.mo]

Noun

çumo m (plural çumos)

1. juice
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 28r.

     Et ſi eſta piedra moiaren en el çumo que ſale de la yerba aque llaman aſſafetida pierde la uertud.

     And if they wet this stone in the juice produced by the herb they call asafetida, it loses its virtue.

Descendants

• Spanish: zumo