English
jameo
Jameo comes from Spanish jameo.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentjameo
- Englishearliest quotation 2004same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentjameo
- Englishearliest quotation 2004same form
Earliest quotation: 2004, Lucy Corne, Canary Islands: “[…] volcanic landscape and lived underground in the many…”
Every English word from Spanish jameo
Today it means
noun A large hole (or sink) formed when the roofs of multiple levels of a lava-tube cave collapse, found most notably in the Canary Islands.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish jameo / jameo