espliego

Concepts

lavender

Lavandula

true lavander

common lavander

Synonyms

lavanda

alhucema

cantueso

tomillo borriquero

Lavándula

montaraz

lavandula hembra

Translations

lavande

lavanda

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Lavendel

espígol

lavendel

lavanda

λεβάντα

spigo

alfazema

Lawendel

Spieke

خزامى

spic

deutsche Narde

Hyphenated as

es‧plie‧go

Pronounced as (IPA)

/esˈpljeɡo/

Etymology

Borrowed from Aragonese: espligo

Cognate with Catalan: espígol

Cognate with Galician: esprego

In summary

Borrowed from Aragonese espligo, from Latin spīculum (literally “little spike”) with metathesis of /l/. Coromines & Pascual propose that the word was interpreted as a derivative of pliego (“sheet of paper”) to explain the replacement of /i/ with /je/. At the time, there was /i~je/ alternation in numerous lexical items, such as castiello~castillo or aviespa~avispa. Compare Catalan espígol, Galician esprego.