fresno

Inherited from Old Spanish fresno, freisno, frexno, frexeno, Latin fraxinus (“ash tree”), from *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾesno/ [ˈfɾez.no]
• Rhymes: -esno
• Syllabification: fres‧no

fresno m (plural fresnos)

1. ash tree

• Fresno is a common placename in Spanish-speaking areas. These placenames have originated from the surname Fresno. Placenames Fresneda and Fresnillo share the same root.

• → Tagalog: presno

• “fresno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• frenos, fresón