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Spanish words from Latin words first recorded in the 11th century

2 Spanish words inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 11th century, earliest Latin record first.

1. hacienda

   1076

   from Latin facienda

   It is inherited from Latin facienda (“things to be done”), the neuter plural of the gerundive of faciō (“to do, make”), through Old Spanish fazienda. The change of Latin /f/ to Spanish ⟨h⟩ is the…

2. capillo

   1083–1088

   from Latin cappellus

   It is inherited from Old Spanish capiello, inherited from Vulgar Latin cappellus (“head covering”), a diminutive of Late Latin cappa (“hood, cape”). Corominas notes that the Latin diminutive is…

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