ejemplo

/eˈxemplo/ · A2 · noun · m

example

ejemplo = English example with a throaty j: both from Latin exemplum

Latin exemplum (a sample taken out) gave English example and Spanish ejemplo. Latin x regularly became Spanish j, as in exercitus > ejército. Swap the x for j, drop the a, end in o: e-JEM-plo. Por ejemplo = for example.

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