Masculine
xeonllo
Meaning
knee
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃeˈonʎo̝/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese gẽolho, geonllo, gionllo, jeonllo, from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with Portuguese joelho and Spanish hinojo.
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