toxo

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine) gorse, furze (Ulex europaeus)
2. (masculine) dwarf gorse, dwarf furze (Ulex minor)
3. (figuratively, masculine) sourpuss or prickly person

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈtoʃʊ]

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Latyn: stilus

Verwante met Engels: stick

Verwante met Portugees: tojo

Verwante met Asturies: toxu

Verwante met Oksitaans: toujo

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese tojo, from a substrate *toju or similar, from *togio or *toio, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tey- or *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”), whence Latin stilus and English stick and thistle; compare Portuguese tojo, Asturian toxu, Occitan toja.