canónigo

Meaning

1. (masculine) canon (ecclesiastic who has a canonry)
2. (masculine) corn salad (any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads)

Concepts

canon

corn salad

rapunzel

Translations

canonge

chanoine

mâche

kanunnik

Feldsalat

veldsla

valerianella

Ackersalat

Rapunzel

Domherr

Vogerlsalat

Nüsslisalat

cônego

doucette

Hyphenated as

ca‧nó‧ni‧go

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈnoniɡo/

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: cónego

Cognate with Galician: cóengo

In summary

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin canonicus (“canon”), from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós). Cognate with Portuguese cónego, Galician cóengo.
The sense of “corn salad” seems to come by ellipsis from (hierba de los) canónigos.

Sentences

Más tarde , fue elegido canónigo del cabildo catedralicio de la prelatura .

Later, he was elected canon of the cathedral chapter of the prelature.