Asenso

Galician

Etymology

Attested in the Middle Ages as Asenzo;[1] from the substrate *apsentio, a derivative from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈsɛnso̝/

Proper noun

Asenso m

  1. A village in Chacín parish, Mazaricos, A Coruña, Galicia
  2. a toponymical surname

References
  • “Asenso” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “Asenso” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  1. Asenzo, in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  2. Martínez Lema, Paulo (2010) “Aproximación lingüístico-etimolóxica á toponimia das comarcas de Xallas, Fisterra e Soneira”, in Revista de Filología Románica‎, number 27, retrieved 23 September 2018, pages 239-240.
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