mostajo

Meaning

Sorbus spp., especially common whitebeam (Aria edulis, syn. Sorbus aria)

Concepts

common whitebeam

mountain ash

service tree

chess-apple

Sorbus

rowans

whitebeams

chessapple

swedish servicetree

swedish whitebeam

Synonyms

serbal blanco

serba

Sorbus

acerolillo

capudrio

cimaya

mostellar

peral de monte

serbal de cazadores

sorba

azarollo de monte

serbal morisco

mojera

serbal

serbal de Suecia

Translations

Sorbus aria

Mehlbeere

schwedische Mehlbeere

Vogelbeere

Oxelbeere

gewöhnliche Mehlbeere

Speierling

Sorbus

echte Mehlbeere

gemeine Mehlbeere

nordische Vogelbeere

alisier

allier

cormier

Eberesche

Hyphenated as

mos‧ta‧jo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mosˈtaxo/

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic: مُشْتَهَى

In summary

From a Vulgar Latin extension of Latin mustum (“must”), because of the berries being stored in must or tasting of wine. See Arabic مُشْتَهَى (muštahā) for cognates. Doublet of mostellar from Leonese mostellar.