yelmo

Spanish

Ancient Greek Helmet (yelmo)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der.?

Proto-Germanic *helmaz

Frankish *helmbor.

Late Latin helmus

Spanish yelmo

Inherited from Late Latin helmus, from Frankish *helm (“helmet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝelmo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝel.mo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝelmo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝel.mo] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃelmo/ [ˈʃel.mo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒelmo/ [ˈʒel.mo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -elmo
• Syllabification: yel‧mo

Noun

yelmo m (plural yelmos)

1. an ancient helmet that covers the head and face

   Synonym: casco

2. (heraldry) helmet (of a coat of arms)

Further reading

• “yelmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025