English
encierro
Encierro comes from Spanish encierro ‘confinement, enclosure’, and goes back to encerrar ‘to lock up’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentencerrar‘to lock up’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentencierro‘confinement, enclosure’literally ‘enclosure’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentencerrar‘to lock up’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentencierro‘confinement, enclosure’literally ‘enclosure’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from Spanish encierro (literally “enclosure”), from encerrar (‘to lock up’).
Every English word from Spanish encerrar
Today it means
noun A bull run, usually one held in Spain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish encerrar / encierro