ronyó

Catalan

Alternative forms

renyó

Etymology

From the original form renyó (following assimilation of the -e-), from Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan renhon, ronhon), from Vulgar Latin *rēniōnem, accusative of *rēniō (compare French rognon, Spanish riñón, Italian rognone), from Latin rēn, from Proto-Italic *hrēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /roˈɲo/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ruˈɲo/

Noun

ronyó m (plural ronyons)

kidney

Related terms

renal

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