tornecelo

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Galician tormezelo, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from *turmo (bulk, swelling) +‎ -celo, from a substrate language.[1] Cognate with Portuguese tornozelo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /toɾneˈθɛlʊ/, (western) /toɾneˈsɛlʊ/

Noun

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tornecelo m (plural tornecelos)

  1. ankle
    Synonyms: artello, nocello, noelo, nortello, toucelo
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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tobillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos