piélago
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- the open sea; pelagic waters
- (poetic) the sea
- (figuratively) something vast, countless, innumerable
- (archaic) pond, reservoir
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish pielago borrowed from Latin pelagus (sea) derived from Ancient Greek πέλαγος (sea).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πέλαγος
Gloss
sea
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
海
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archipelago English
- pelagus Latin
- arcipelago Italian
- pelago Italian
- archipiélago Spanish, Castilian
- empalagar Spanish, Castilian
- πέλαγος Ancient Greek
- *pelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- arkipel Norwegian Bokmål
- arkipel Norwegian Nynorsk
- pèlag Catalan, Valencian
- piago Galician
- πέλαγος Greek (modern)
- arkipelago Cebuano
- pellg Albanian
- peego Old Portuguese
- pielago Old Spanish