köken: From the Spanish comic series La familia Cebolleta. The grandfather in this family, nicknamed abuelo Cebolleta, was always trying to tell his family his fantastical batallitas and war anecdotes.
Nuestro abuelo Cebolleta ha entrado con honores en esta nueva antología no por méritos propios, sino de los magistrados que le juzgaron.
Estás a un paso de convertirte en el abuelo Cebolleta.
Me gusta recordar aquellos tiempos. Cada vez me parezco más al abuelo Cebolleta.
fossil · dated, extinct · a fossil word or expression.
çekim: çoğul απολιθώματα · tamlayan απολιθώματος
köken: First attested in 1856. From απολιθώνω (apolithóno, “fossilize”) + -μα (-ma, “neuter suffix”). Morphologically from από (apó, “from”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + -μα (-ma, “suffix”). For sense fossil, calque of French pétrification. For figurative senses, calque of French fossile.
dinosaur (prehistoric reptile) · dinosaur (person who has been active longer than their peers, especially an artist) · dinosaur (old-fashioned person)
çekim: çoğul dinozaury · tamlayan dinozaura
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dweynós Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós)der. Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra) Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros)der. English dinosaurbor. Polish dinozaur Borrowed from English dinosaur. First attested in 1890.
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 化石, composed of 化 (“to turn into”) and 石 (“stone”), from Japanese 化石 (kaseki, literally “petrification”), semantically equivalent to the semi-native phrase hoá đá (“to petrify”).