cebolla

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa.

Noun

cebolla f (plural cebolles)

  1. onion (a monocotyledonous plant of genus Allium allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.)

Old Spanish

Etymology

    Inherited from Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of cēpa (“onion”).

    Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese cebola.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /t͡seˈboʎa/

    Noun

    cebolla f (plural cebollas)

    1. onion
      • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 65 r.:
        Et a tal propriedat que ſi la meten en çumo de cebollas, pierde aquella uertud que dixiemos que a de quaiar el argent uiuo.
        And its property is such that if it is placed in onion juice, it loses the virtue we said it has, which is setting quicksilver.

    Descendants

    • Ladino: sevoya / סיב׳וייה
    • Spanish: cebolla (see there for further descendants)

    Spanish

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Late Latin cēpa
    Proto-Indo-European *-lós
    Proto-Italic *-elos
    Late Latin -ulus
    Late Latin cēpulla
    Old Spanish cebolla
    Spanish cebolla

      Inherited from Old Spanish cebolla, from Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa (whence English chive via French).

      Compare Galician and Portuguese cebola, Catalan ceba, and Asturian cebolla.

      Pronunciation

       
      • IPA(key): /θeˈboʝa/ [θeˈβ̞o.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
      • IPA(key): /θeˈboʎa/ [θeˈβ̞o.ʎa] (rural northern Spain)
       
       
      • IPA(key): /seˈboʃa/ [seˈβ̞o.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
      • IPA(key): /seˈboʒa/ [seˈβ̞o.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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      • Syllabification: ce‧bo‧lla

      Noun

      cebolla f (plural cebollas)

      1. onion

      Derived terms

      Descendants

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