ejemplo
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish exemplo, enxemplo, enxiemplo, borrowed from Latin exemplum, with a “native” Old Spanish value of the letter x, /ʃ/, instead of /ks/, cf. ejército. First attested in the Poem of the Cid, early 13th century. Compare Catalan exemple and Galician exemplo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈxemplo/ [eˈxẽm.plo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -emplo
- Syllabification: e‧jem‧plo
Derived terms
- por ejemplo (p.ej.)
- predicar con el ejemplo
Related terms
Descendants
- → Hiligaynon: ehemplo
Further reading
- “ejemplo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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