desierto
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Asturian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
desierto
Old Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin dēsertum (“wasteland; desert”), from dēsertus (“forsaken; abandoned”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
desierto m (plural desiertos)
- desert
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v.
- allẏ en ebrȯ. vinierȯ las eſpias. del deſierto de faram. a tierra de promiſſion. Caleph. ¬ ioſue. eſſos. x. cȯpȧneros.
- The spies went there, from the desert of Paran, to Hebron, the Promised Land. Caleb, Joshua and their ten companions.
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v.
Descendants[edit]
- Spanish: desierto
Spanish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin dēsertus, probably taken as an early semi-learned term (the completely inherited/popular result would have been disierto, which was found in a few old texts)[1].
Adjective[edit]
desierto (feminine desierta, masculine plural desiertos, feminine plural desiertas)
- desert
- empty (of people)
- uninhabited
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish desierto, dessierto, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin dēsertum.
Noun[edit]
desierto m (plural desiertos)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading[edit]
- “desierto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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