Old Spanish

Noun

pimienta f (usually uncountable)

1. pepper, peppercorns
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 4r.

     Negra es de color ¬ pareſce en ella ya q́to de uermeiura; aſſi que ſemeia alos granos dela pimienta.

     It is black in color, but it also has to it some redness, so that it resembles peppercorns.

Related terms

• pimiento

Descendants

• Spanish: pimienta

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish pimienta, from pimiento ‎(“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum ‎(“color, pigment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈmjen.ta]
• Rhymes: -enta

Noun

pimienta f ‎(plural pimientas)

1. pepper (herb, peppercorns)

Related terms

• pimiento
• pimentón