Catalan words first recorded in the 10th century

1. The word for the coast, the slope and the rib is inherited from Latin costa (“rib; side”), a word that in the Romance languages came to be applied above all to the sides and slopes of mountains…

It is inherited from Late Latin carrāria (“road for carts”), short for ⟨via carraria⟩ “cart road”. Coromines explains it as the adjective carrārius (“of carts”) made a noun in that phrase, and…

It is inherited from Latin cunīculus (“rabbit; burrow, underground passage”). The same Latin word is Occitan conilh, Old French conil, Italian coniglio, Spanish conejo and Portuguese coelho…

It is inherited from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), a feminine singular made from the classical neuter plural arma (“arms, weapons”), genitive ⟨armorum⟩. Corominas finds the Latin word used as a…

It is inherited from Late Latin drappus (“cloth; rag”), a word not found in Classical Latin and first recorded in the 6th century. The same Late Latin word is Occitan drap, French drap, Italian…

It is inherited from Old Catalan lit, inherited from Latin lectus (“bed, couch”). The same Latin word is Occitan lèit, French lit, Spanish lecho, Italian letto and Portuguese leito. The REW notes…

1. The word for the ox is inherited from Latin bōs (“bovine animal, ox, bull, cow”), through the stem ⟨bov-⟩ of its other cases: Vulgar Latin soon gave up the nominative ⟨bos⟩ and used ⟨bovis⟩ even…

It is inherited from Old Catalan porc, which is inherited from Latin porcus (“pig”). The same Latin word is Occitan pòrc, French porc, Italian porco, Romanian porc, Spanish puerco and Portuguese…