List of Spanish words of uncertain origin

List of Spanish words of uncertain origin

This is a list of Spanish words of uncertain origin. Some of these words existed in Latin and/or Ancient Greek, but are thought by some scholars to ultimately come from some other source. Many of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language.

A

*ademán
*agachar
*agalla
*ají
*amargo
*amarillo
*&anchoa
*añicos
*apache
*ardilla
*areito
*arete
*aro
*arrancar
*arrear
*arriero
*arroyo
*arveja/alverja
*asustar
*azulejo

B

*balde (barrel, tub)
*barato
*barraca
*barro
*bata
*baúl
*beso
*bisagra
*bizco
*borrar
*borrego
*&bronce
*bruja
*buitre
*burla
*burlar
*buscar

C

*cabaña,
*cacarear
*caleta
*cama
*cambur
*camilla
*&canica
*caracol
*carcajada
*catalán
*cataluña
*cebra
*celta
*cagarra
*changa
*chango
*charco
*&chileno
*chipre
*chiste
*chorro
*chupar
*cibernética
*coco
*cochino,
*cucubano

D

*&danza
*derrocar
*&destrozar

E

*español
*-ez (name suffix)

G

*gabacho
*gacho
*gago
*gana
*ganga
*garbanzo
*garza
*gobernar
*godo
*gorra
*gorrión
*gorro
*gótico
*graznar
*gusano,

H

*hipo♥ Hola

J

*judía (lima bean)
*juey

L

*lama
*latir
*laurel
*leopardo
*lerdo
*lirio water lily
*liso
*listo

M

*malgache
*malva
*manteca
*mantecado
*mantequilla
*&mascota
*maullar
*metralla
*mimo
*mimar
*mohíno
*moho
*&moneda
*moño
*mueca
*migir

N

*nabo
*niña

O

*&ola
*olivo
*-ón= augmentative suffix (opposite of a diminutive suffix), as found in balón "big ball.": the same as Italian "-one". Examples: guitarrón (from guitarra), salchichón (from salchicha). Exceptions (nouns ending in -ón that are not in the augmentative): aguijón, camarón, empujón.

P

*pantano
*pantalla
*pantera
*parra
*parrilla
*pata
*patán
*patear
*patillas
*patín
*patio
*pato
*patrulla
*pavana
*pelícano
*peluca
*pequeño
*pera
*pito
*porrazo
*prado

R

*raja
*rana
*reacio
*rechinar
*reja
*renacuajo
*res
*roca
*rococó
*rosca

*&sabotear
*saeta
*salpicar
*salsifí
*senda
*sendero
*sodio
*soga
*&sucre
*susto

T

*titere
*tonto
*topar
*tope
*trenza
*trocar
*tropa
*tropel
*troza
*truco

V

*verde

Z

*zángano
*&zapato
*zorro, zorra

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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