toxo

Meaning

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈtoʃʊ]

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: stilus

Cognate with English: stick

Cognate with Portuguese: tojo

Cognate with Asturian: toxu

Cognate with Occitan: 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.