engo

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See also: ENGO

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From local Vulgar Latin *educus, probably from Hispano-Celtic *ĕdŭcos (compare Gaulish *oducos, Latin ebulum and English elder). Cognate of Portuguese engos and of Spanish yezgo (“dwarf elder”).

Pronunciation

Noun

engo m (plural engos)

  1. dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus)
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 143:
      filla o çumo dos allos et das cebollas et do engu, que semella sebugo
    Synonym: sabugueiriño

References

  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “engu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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