botijo

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish botijo, from Spanish botija, from Vulgar Latin *buticula[1] (or from Late Latin butticula[2] , with attestation difficult to locate), from Vulgar Latin buttis (or LL.[3]).

Noun

botijo (plural botijos)

  1. A traditional Spanish porous clay vessel designed to hold water and to cool it by evaporation.

References
  1. http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/bouteille
  2. http://dle.rae.es/?id=5zCKr3H
  3. idem.
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