hinojo
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish finojo, from Vulgar Latin *fenuclum, from Latin fēnuculum, from a diminutive of Latin fēnum.
Noun
[edit]hinojo m (plural hinojos)
Derived terms
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish ynojo, from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.
Noun
[edit]hinojo m (plural hinojos)
- (formal) knee (joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank)
- Synonym: rodilla
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hinojo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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