meollo
Old Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin *medullum, from medulla. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese meolo.
Noun
meollo m (plural meollos)
- brain
- 1265, Alfonso X of Castile, Siete Partidas, Primera Partida, page 107:
- el primero es el seso comunal que esta en la delantera parte del meollo de la cabeça
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
- Ladino: meoyo
- Spanish: meollo
References
- Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “meollo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 338
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish meollo, from Late Latin *medullum, from medulla. Compare Portuguese miolo, Catalan moll, Italian midollo, French moelle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈoʝo/ [meˈo.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /meˈoʎo/ [meˈo.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /meˈoʃo/ [meˈo.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /meˈoʒo/ [meˈo.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -oʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -oʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -oʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: me‧o‧llo
Noun
meollo m (plural meollos)
- core, heart, crux (the most important part of something)
- marrow (substance inside bones)
- Synonym: médula
- brain substance
Further reading
- “meollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024