esmeril

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio, ultimately from Ancient Greek σμύρις (smúris).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ez.meˈɾil]

Noun

esmeril m (usually uncountable)

  1. emery
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 25v.
      Et ſi la pulen con el poluo daquella piedra que llaman en arauigo azumberic que es ala que nos dezimos eſmeril. eſclareſce ya quanto ¬ fazes fremoſa.
      And if it is polished with the powder of the stone called azumberic in Arabic, the one we call emery, it brightens and becomes beautiful.

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

esmeril m (plural esmeris)

  1. grinder (tool with a spinning abrasive disc)

Spanish

Noun

esmeril m (plural esmeriles)

  1. emery

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esmeril (“emery”).

Noun

esmeril

  1. emery
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