Etymology

cencerro

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Spanish cencerro ← Basque zinzerri
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The story

  1. Basque · derived fromzinzerri“animal bell”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromcencerro
  3. English todaycencerro

Borrowed from Spanish cencerro, from Basque zinzerri (“animal bell”).

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