amojonamiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Spanish a-

Spanish mojón

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish amojonar

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish amojonamiento

From amojonar + -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amoxonaˈmjento/ [a.mo.xo.naˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧mo‧jo‧na‧mien‧to

Noun

amojonamiento m (plural amojonamientos)

1. marking out; marking the boundary

Further reading

• “amojonamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025