Catalan words first recorded in the 13th century

It is inherited from Old Catalan nombre, which is inherited from Latin numerus (“number”). The same Latin word is Romanian număr, Italian novero, French nombre and Old Occitan nombre. Spanish número…

It is inherited from Old Catalan obrir, which is inherited from Vulgar Latin *operiō, a variant of Latin aperiō (“to open”). The same Vulgar Latin form is behind Occitan obrir and French ouvrir…

Bruguera and the GDLC take it as formed from Catalan pila + -ar, and Coromines lists it among the derivatives of that word. Wiktionary, the DCVB and the NGGL instead take it from a Latin noun…

It is inherited from Latin pulpa (“flesh, the fleshy parts; pulp of fruit”). The same Latin word is Romanian pulpă, Italian polpa, Old Occitan polpa, Portuguese polpa and Old French poupe; Spanish…

It is borrowed from Latin putrefactiō (“putrefaction”), a learned word. The Latin noun is formed from putrefaciō (“to cause to rot”) with the suffix -tiō. The verb is a compound of putreō (“to be…

It is inherited from Old Catalan raig, which is inherited from Latin radius (“staff; spoke of a wheel; ray of light”). It is a doublet of radi, borrowed from the same Latin word. The same Latin word…

It is inherited from Latin signa (“signs”), the plural of signum (“mark, sign”). Wiktionary calls it the inherited doublet of the learned signe. The same Latin word gave Spanish seña, Portuguese…

It is inherited from Latin curtus (“docked, cut short; incomplete”). The same Latin word is French court, Occitan cort, Italian corto, Spanish corto and Portuguese curto; Romanian scurt owes its s-…

It is inherited from Old Catalan dehembre, inherited from Latin December (“the tenth month”). The month was named from decem (“ten”) because it was the tenth month of the early Roman year, which…

It is inherited from Latin lactūca (“lettuce”). The Latin word is derived from lac (“milk”) with an adjective suffix -ūcus; Varro and Pliny already explained the name by the milky juice of the…

It is inherited from Latin cūlus (“backside, anus”). The same Latin word is French cul, Italian culo, Spanish culo, Portuguese cu and Romanian cur. De Vaan derives the Latin word from Proto-Italic…

It is inherited from Late Latin plagia (“shore, beach”). The Late Latin word is recorded from the end of the 6th century. Coromines, Bruguera and the GDLC derive the Late Latin word probably from…

It is inherited from Latin percipiō (“to seize; to receive; to perceive”). The same Latin verb is Romanian pricepe, French percevoir, Occitan percebre, Spanish percibir and Portuguese perceber. The…