desierto
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēsertum (“wasteland; desert”), from dēsertus (“forsaken; abandoned”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ðeˈs̺jeɾ.to]
Noun
desierto m (plural desiertos)
- desert
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v.
- allẏ en ebrȯ. vinierȯ las eſpias. del deſierto de faram. a tierra de promiſſion. Caleph. ¬ ioſue. eſſos. x. cȯpȧneros.
- The spies went there, from the desert of Paran, to Hebron, the Promised Land. Caleb, Joshua and their ten companions.
- allẏ en ebrȯ. vinierȯ las eſpias. del deſierto de faram. a tierra de promiſſion. Caleph. ¬ ioſue. eſſos. x. cȯpȧneros.
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v.
Spanish
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish, from Latin dēsertus, probably taken as an early semi-learned term (the completely inherited/popular result would have been disierto, which was found in a few old texts)[1].
Adjective
desierto (feminine singular desierta, masculine plural desiertos, feminine plural desiertas)
- desert
- empty (of people)
- uninhabited
Etymology 2
From Old Spanish desierto, dessierto, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin dēsertum.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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