jaguarzo

Spanish

jaguarzo

Alternative forms

• juagarzo, juaguarzo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish xaguarço, apparently borrowed from a Mozarabic *šaguarço, variant (with double-metathesis) of *šaugaçro, from Latin salicastrum. Doublet of sargazo (borrowed via Portuguese) and possibly of arcazón as well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xaˈɡwaɾθo/ [xaˈɣ̞waɾ.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /xaˈɡwaɾso/ [xaˈɣ̞waɾ.so]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aɾθo
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -aɾso
• Syllabification: ja‧guar‧zo

Noun

jaguarzo m (plural jaguarzos)

1. rockrose (Cistus or Halimium spp.)

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “arcazón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 315
• Corriente, Federico (2008) “arcazón”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186

Further reading

• “jaguarzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014