linaça

Old Spanish

Etymology

From lino (“flax”) +‎ -aça.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [liˈna.t͡sa]

Noun

linaça f (usually uncountable)

1.  linseed, flaxseed
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 32r.

     […] ¬ aun en otra coſa. que ſi la molieren con olio de linaça faz mas fina color q́ el uerdet ¬ mas clara.

     […] and yet another thing; that if it is ground with linseed oil it makes it finer and lighter in color than verdigris.

Descendants

• Spanish: linaza