saúco

Meaning

elder (tree)

Concepts

elder

common elder

elderberry

elder-tree

European black elderberry

European black elder

black elder

Synonyms

baya del saúco

Translations

Holunder

sambuco

sureau

vlier

Holler

saüc

Holder

sureau noir

Schwarzer Holunder

vlierbes

vlierstruik

gewone vlier

Holunderbeere

saüquèr

Hyphenated as

sa‧ú‧co

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saˈuko/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: sabuco

Inherited from Latin: sabūcus

Cognate with Galician: -

Cognate with Portuguese: sabugo

Cognate with Asturian: sabugu

Cognate with Catalan: saüc

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish sabuco, from Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus. With the case of Spanish, it was influenced in Vulgar Latin by the suffix -uccus (hence the -c- instead of expected -g-). Compare Galician and Portuguese sabugo, Asturian sabú, Catalan saüc.