arienzo

English

Noun

arienzo (plural arienzos)

  1. (historical) An old coin of Castille.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish arenzo and arienço, inherited from Latin argenteus.[1] Doublet of the borrowing argénteo and argento. Compare also Old Galician-Portuguese arenço.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈɾjenθo/ [aˈɾjẽn̟.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈɾjenso/ [aˈɾjẽn.so]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -enθo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -enso
  • Syllabification: a‧rien‧zo

Noun

arienzo m (plural arienzos)

  1. a certain type of old coin from Castille[2]

Derived terms

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. “arienzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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