Old Spanish

Noun

yesso m (usually uncountable)

1. gypsum
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 82v.

     DEl .xxv. grado del ſigno de capricornio, es la piedra aque dizen del yeſſo. Piedra es blanda ¬ de color bláca ¬ ligera de quebrantar.

     Of the twenty-fifth degree of the sign of Capricorn is the stone they call gypsum. It is a soft stone, white in color, and easy to break apart.

Descendants

• Spanish: yeso