espliego

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Aragonese espligo, from Latin spīculum (literally “little spike”) with metathesis of /l/. Coromines & Pascual propose that the word was interpreted as a derivative of pliego (“sheet of paper”) to explain the replacement of /i/ with /je/. At the time, there was /i~je/ alternation in numerous lexical items, such as castiello~castillo or aviespa~avispa. Compare Catalan espígol, Galician esprego. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈpljeɡo/ [esˈplje.ɣ̞o] Rhymes: -eɡo Syllabification: es‧plie‧go === Noun === espliego m (plural espliegos) lavender Synonyms: alhucema, cantueso, lavanda, lavándula === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “espliego”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 750 === Further reading === “espliego”, 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