List of Spanish words of African origin
- List of Spanish words of African origin
This is a list of Spanish words of African origin. It is further divided into words that come from Bantu, Berber West African, and words which are known (or thought) to have come from African, but when the exact source is not known. Some of these words existed in Latin as loanwords from other languages. Some of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language.
=Bantu=
*conga= Conga from Cuban Spanish, from an African language, possibly form Bantu "kong" "mountain."
*marimba= marimba: from a Bantu language; represented by Kimbundu "marimba", from the same family as Chiluba "madimba" "marimba".
*ñu= gnu: ultimately from Bantu, possibly from Xhosa.
* Candombe
* La Bamba
* Bomba
* mofongo
* Cachimbo
* marifinga
* mondongo
Berber
*gato= cat: from Late Latin, from an African source, possibly Berber
West African
*banana, banano= banana: from Portuguese "banana", from a West African language, possibly Wolof or Mandinka.
*gorila= gorilla: from Modern Latin (first used in English in the United States), from Ancient Greek "gorlla", singular of "grillai" (feminine plural, c. 450) "African tribe of hairy people", possibly of West African origin
*ñame= yam, of West African origin, possibly related to Fulani "nyami" "to eat."
* Chevere from yoruba chege beri
African
*jirafa= giraffe: from Italian "giraffa", from Arabic "zirafa"/"zarafah" "giraffe," probably of African origin; of the same family as Egyptian "sr" "giraffe".
* Gandinga.
ee also
*Linguistic history of Spanish
*List of English words of Spanish origin
References
*"Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española" by Guido Gómez de Silva (ISBN 968-16-2812-8)
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