enternecimiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Spanish en-

Spanish en-

Spanish tierno

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti

Proto-Italic *-ēskō

Latin -ēscō

Old Spanish -ecer

Spanish -ecer

Spanish enternecer

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish enternecimiento

From enternecer + -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enteɾneθiˈmjento/ [ẽn̪.t̪eɾ.ne.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /enteɾnesiˈmjento/ [ẽn̪.t̪eɾ.ne.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: en‧ter‧ne‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

enternecimiento m (plural enternecimientos)

1. act of being moved (to pity etc.)

Further reading

• “enternecimiento”, 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