hinojo

• IPA^(key): /iˈnoxo/

From Vulgar Latin *fenuclum, from Latin fēnuculum, from a diminutive of Latin fēnum.

hinojo m (plural hinojos)

1. fennel

• heno

From Old Spanish ynojo, from Vulgar Latin *genuclum, syncopated from earlier *genuculum, variant of Late Latin geniculum, diminutive of Latin genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

hinojo m (plural hinojos)

1. (formal) knee (joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank)

   Synonym: rodilla

• ahinojar
• hinojar

• “hinojo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.