fonguenno

Old Spanish

FWOTD – 26 June 2017

Etymology

From fongo (“mushroom”) +‎ -enno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸõŋˈɡe.ɲo]

Adjective

fonguenno m (feminine fonguenna, masculine plural fonguennos, feminine plural fonguennas)

1. mushroomlike, fungiform
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 50v.

     DEl .vi. grado del ſigno de libra, es la piedra aque dizé fonguenna […] Et la ſu forma es atal como fongo, ¬ dend a ella eſte nombre.

     Of the sixth degree of the sign of Libra is the stone they call mushroomlike […] And its shape is that of a mushroom, thus the name it has been given.

Related terms

• alguenno