cenisa

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis (“cold ashes”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡seˈni.za]

Noun

cenisa f (plural cenisas)

ash, cinder
- c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 17r.
  Blanca es de color. pero poco aſſi que tira a color de ceniſa clara.
  It is white in color, but a little, so that its color is more like that of light ash.
- Idem, 17v.
  […] quando la queman ¬ la fazen ceniſa. todas aquellas colores que mostraua ante la piedra todas pareſcen en la ceniſa despues que es quemada.
  […] when they burn it and turn it to ash, all the colors present before in the stone appear in the ashes after it has been burnt.

Descendants

Spanish: ceniza

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