List of Spanish words of various origins
This is a list of Spanish words of various origins. It includes words from Australian Aboriginal languages, Balti, Berber, Caló, Czech, Dravidian languages, Egyptian, Hungarian, Ligurian, Mongolian, Slavic (such as Old Church Slavonic, Polish, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian). 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.
- canguro= kangaroo: from English kanguru, kangaroo, first recorded by Captain James Cook in 1770, from the Guugu Yimidhirr word gangurru.
- polo= polo: from English polo (1872), from Balti polo, "ball," from the same family as Tibetan bo-lo "ball."
- merino= type of sheep of North African origin bred in Spain: from Berber Merīn the people of North Africa who originallt bred this type of sheep
- moreno
- Moreno
- moro
- calé
- caló
- cañi
- pistola
- abalorio,
- mango (fruit)
- mangosta
- paliacate, (Pulicat)
- paria
- barca
- barco
- embarcar
- papel
- papiro
- coche
- sable
- caqui (tree)
- quimono
- soja
- soya
- hoz
- mongol
Slavic languages
- calesa
- caseína
- cibelina
- cebellina
- cuarzo
- corbata
- polaco
- rutenio
- ucase
See also
Reference
- "Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española" by Guido Gómez de Silva (ISBN 968-16-2812-8)