saúco
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish sabuco, from Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus. With the case of Spanish, it was influenced in Vulgar Latin by the suffix -uccus (hence the -c- instead of expected -g-).[1] Compare Galician and Portuguese sabugo, Catalan saüc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈuko/ [saˈu.ko]
- Rhymes: -uko
- Syllabification: sa‧ú‧co
Derived terms
References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “saúco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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