canónigo

== Spanish == === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin canonicus (“canon”), from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós). Cognate with Portuguese cónego, Galician cóengo. The sense of “corn salad” seems to come by ellipsis from (hierba de los) canónigos. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈnoniɡo/ [kaˈno.ni.ɣ̞o] Rhymes: -oniɡo Syllabification: ca‧nó‧ni‧go === Noun === canónigo m (plural canónigos) canon (ecclesiastic who has a canonry) corn salad (any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads) Synonym: hierba de los canónigos === Further reading === “canónigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025