ceruiz

From Latin cervīcem, singular accusative of cervīx, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head”).

• IPA^(key): [t͡seɾˈβid͡z]

ceruiz f (plural ceruizes)

1. (usually in the plural, anatomy) neck
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 45v.

     ¬ eli el ſaćdot era vieio. e auie. Lxxxxviij. ános Qvando oẏo estas nueuas echos ariedro dela ſiella en q́ ſedie erópio las ceruizes emurio

     And Eli the priest was old, and he was ninety-eight years old. When he heard these news, he fell backward from the chair on which he sat and broke his neck and died.

   Synonym: cuello

• Spanish: cerviz