centollo
Spanish
Etymology
From Gaulish *kintuollos, from Proto-Celtic *kĭntu- (“first”) (variant of *kentus) + *ollos (“large”) (related to *ɸolnos, from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁-, o-grade derivative of the root *pelh₁- (“to fill”)), since it was one of the largest and most powerful varieties of crab; related to the Gaulish name Cintullus.
Further reading
- “centollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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