Argomaiz
Araba · ÁlavaPaís Vasco / Euskadi · País Vasco
Compound Basque toponym. Argoma, Basque word for 'gorse, broom' (shrubby plant Ulex europaeus), plus locative suffix -iz, designating 'place of gorse'.
The hamlet commemorates the traditional abundance of gorse in the communal mountain of the place, characteristic plant of the Alavese scrubland landscape with historical use as fuel and forage for goat livestock.
Evolution of the name
- argoma + iz medieval Basque before the 13th century
- Argomaiz Basque from the 13th century
Glossary
- Argoma (Basque)
- Basque word for the thorny shrub Ulex europaeus, known in Castilian as aulaga or tojo. Characteristic of the Atlantic Cantabrian landscape, traditionally used as fuel (Saint John's bonfires), livestock bedding and live hedge element. Productive in Basque toponymy with derivatives such as Argomaniz, Argomaiz, Argomeda.
- Locative suffix
- A Castilian ending marking "place of" or "workshop where X is worked": -ería (panadería, herrería), -ero/-era (barquera, Itero "place of the road"). From the Latin -arium.
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