inzo

Galician

Etymology 1

Perhaps from an Old Galician-Portuguese *ĩĩço, from Latin initium (“beginning”) (thus a doublet of the borrowing início), or alternatively a back-formation from inzar. Compare Leonese eniciu (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinθo̝/

Noun

inzo m (plural inzos)

1. seed

   Synonym: semente

2. scion

   Synonym: rebento

3. semen

   Synonym: seme

4. vigor; spread

Related terms

• inzamento
• inzar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “inzo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “inzo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “inzo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

inzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of inzar