ejemplo
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish exemplo, enxemplo, enxiemplo, borrowed from Latin exemplum, with a “native” Old Spanish value of the letter x, /ʃ/, instead of /ks/, cf. ejército. First attested in the Poem of the Cid, early 13th century. Compare Catalan exemple and Galician exemplo.
Pronunciation
Noun
ejemplo m (plural ejemplos)
Derived terms
- por ejemplo (p.ej.)
- predicar con el ejemplo
Related terms
Descendants
- → Hiligaynon: ehemplo
Further reading
- “ejemplo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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