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 (Modern Spanish Benimerines) the people of North Africa who originallt bred this type of sheep.
moreno= brown, brunette, dark-skinned person: from moro, "a Moor," from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Maúros, probably of Berber origin, but possibly related to the Arabic maghrib "west," which is possibly from the Semitic root '*gh-r-b'
moro= a Moor: see moreno above

calé= a gypsy: from Caló "Gypsy, speaker of Romany," see caló below
caló= Caló, also black, dark-colored: the word is possibly related to Sanskrit kanlanka "blemish, macula" and/or Ancient Greek kelainós "black."
cañi= Caló, gypsy: possibly from cali, feminine of calé and/or caló, see calé and caló above

capicúa= a numerical palindrome. Also, a ticket or lottery ticket containing such palindrome. From cap i cua "head and tail".

pistola= a pistol: from German Pistole "pistol," from Czech pištal, "pistol, tube."

abalorio= glass bead: from Arabic al-ballūri "of the crystal," from al "the," + ballūr "crystal, beryllium," from Ancient Greek beryllos (l and r switched places through metathesis: ballūr from beryllos), from brullion, from Prakrit veruliya, from Pāli veuriya; possibly from or simply akin to a Dravidian source represented by Tamil veiruor, viar, "to whiten, become pale."[1]
brillante= brilliant, diamond: from brillar "to shine," see brillar below
brillar= to shine: possibly from Latin beryllus, "berylliun," from Ancient Greek beryllos, see abalorio above
mango= mango: from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Tamil mānkāy "mango fruit," from mān "mango tree" + kāy "fruit."
mangosta= mongoose: from French mangouste, from Portuguese mangús, from Marathi mangūs "mongoose," of Dravidian origin.
paliacate= handkerchief: shortend from pañuelo de Paliacate, "handkerchief from Paliacte," from Spanish name for Pulicat, a town in the Tiruvallur District, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The Spanish pañuelo de Paliacate is a partial calque of French mouchoirs de Paliacate (1788).
paria= pariah, outcast: from Tamil paraiyan "pariah," literally "one who plays the drum," (the pariahs of south India were originally a caste of untouchables that played drums[2]), from parai drum, possibly from parāi to speak.