fiollo
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician *feollo, from Latin fēnuculum (“fennel”), a diminutive of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fēnum (“hay”). Cognate of Portuguese funcho, which together with Galician fiúncho stem from an unattested Vulgar Latin form *fenunclu.
Pronunciation
Noun
fiollo m (plural fiollos)
- fennel (Foeniculum vulgare, a plant)
- fennel (bulb, leaves, or stalks eaten as a vegetable)
- fennel (spice used in cooking)
- 1861, Antonio Fernández Morales, Ensaios poéticos en dialecto berciano, page 211:
- aquelas a estes dan neste día muitas castañas, mamucas ricas, con fiollo, nébeda e sal cocidas
- they give to them, in this day, a lot of chestnuts, tasty chestnuts, boiled with fennel, catnip and salt
- aquelas a estes dan neste día muitas castañas, mamucas ricas, con fiollo, nébeda e sal cocidas
- 1861, Antonio Fernández Morales, Ensaios poéticos en dialecto berciano, page 211:
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References
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- “fiollo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.