Old Spanish

Noun

estomago m (plural estomagos)

1. (anatomy) stomach
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 26r.

     Et ſu uertud es atal. que ſana dela dolor del eſtomago ¬ delos eſtentinos aqui la trae colgada ſobrellos.

     And its virtue is such that it cures the aches of the stomach and the intestines of whoever has it hanging over them.

   • Idem, f. 62v.

     […] ſi dieren della a beuer peſo de una dragma al que la beue fazel perder toda la fuerça del retenimiento del eſtomago. ¬ el apetito de comer.

     […] if they were to give someone to drink of it the weight of one drachma, the drinker would lose containment of his stomach and his appetite.

Descendants

• Spanish: estómago