linaça

Old Spanish

Etymology

From lino (“flax”) +‎ -aça.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /liˈnat͡sa/

Noun

linaça f (usually uncountable)

  1. linseed, flaxseed
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 32r:
      […] ⁊ aun en otra coſa. que ſi la molieren con olio de linaça faz mas fina color q́ el uerdet ⁊ mas clara.
      […] and yet another thing; that if it is ground with linseed oil it makes it finer and lighter in color than verdigris.

Descendants
  • Spanish: linaza
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