relojería

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥

Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti

Proto-Hellenic *légō

Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion)bor.

Latin hōrologiumder.

Old Catalan orollotge

Old Catalan relotgebor.

Spanish reloj

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āriader.

Spanish -ería

Spanish relojería

From reloj + -ería.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reloxeˈɾia/ [re.lo.xeˈɾi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: re‧lo‧je‧rí‧a

Noun

relojería f (plural relojerías)

1. clock shop
2. clockmaking

Derived terms

• bomba de relojería

Further reading

• “relojería”, 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