cantueso

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *chamaethusius, from Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, ground”) and θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”), meaning "incense of the earth".^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtweso/ [kãn̪ˈt̪we.so]
• Rhymes: -eso
• Syllabification: can‧tue‧so

Noun

cantueso m (plural cantuesos)

1. lavender

   Synonyms: lavanda, alhucema, espliego, lavándula

References

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=gYtvAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Further reading

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