List of Spanish words of Italic origin

List of Spanish words of Italic origin

This is a list of Spanish words of origin. It is further divided into words that come from Oscan and Italian). 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.

List


=Oscan=


=Italian=

* anchoa "anchovy" (cf. Ital dial (Genoese) "ancioa")
* atarantar
* arpegio
* azufre
* bajo
* balón, ="ball"
* birra (Rioplatense Spanish), ="beer"
* chelo, from Italian "cello"
* charlar, ="to chat"
* charlatán
* comparsa
* cúpula, from Italian "cupola"
* daga
* escorzo
* espagueti, from "spaghetti"
* laburar (Rioplatense Spanish), from Italian "lavorare", ="to work"
* lasaña, from "lasagna"
* lava
* mufa (Rioplatense Spanish) ="bad luck", from Italian "muffa"="mildew"
* ñoqui, from "gnocchi"
* pavana
* piano
* pibe (Rioplatense Spanish), from ItalianFact|date=January 2008 "pive"
* pizza
* remolacha
* sémola
* sonata
* soprano
* sufato

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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