cenisa

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis (“cold ashes”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡seˈniza/

Noun

cenisa f (plural cenisas)

  1. ash, cinder
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 17r:
      Blanca es de color. pero poco aſſi que tira a color de ceniſa clara.
      It is white in color, but a little, so that its color is more like that of light ash.
    • Idem, 17v.
      […] quando la queman ⁊ la fazen ceniſa. todas aquellas colores que mostraua ante la piedra todas pareſcen en la ceniſa despues que es quemada.
      […] when they burn it and turn it to ash, all the colors present before in the stone appear in the ashes after it has been burnt.

Descendants
  • Spanish: ceniza
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