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Spanish words from Latin words first recorded in the 3rd century

11 Spanish words inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 3rd century, earliest Latin record first.

1. descubrir

   220

   from Latin discooperio

   It is inherited from Late Latin discooperīre (“to uncover”), found in Saint Jerome. The Latin verb is made of dis- and cooperiō (“to cover completely”), the source of cubrir, which is derived from…

2. halcón

   220

   from Latin falco

   It is inherited from Old Spanish falcón, inherited from Late Latin falcō (“falcon”). The modern ⟨h⟩ stands for the Latin /f/, and falcón survives as a doublet. The same word is Portuguese falcão…

3. salvador

   250–317

   from Latin salvator

   It is inherited from Old Spanish salvador, inherited from Latin salvātor (“saviour”). Corominas lists it under salvo and salvar, with a first record in Berceo. The same Latin word is Portuguese…

4. salvar

   260

   from Latin salvo

   It is inherited from Old Spanish salvar, inherited from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”), a Late Latin verb formed from salvus (“safe, unharmed”). The DCECH notes that in the adjective salvo the Latin…

5. melón

   297–310

   from Latin melo

   It is inherited from Late Latin mēlō (“melon”), a shortening of mēlopepō (“apple-shaped melon”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “a kind of melon”). The Greek word is a compound of μῆλον…

6. puridad

   297–310

   from Latin puritas

   It is inherited from Old Spanish poridad, the medieval form, inherited from Latin pūritās (“purity”). The Old Spanish form was the usual one in the Middle Ages, and the modern spelling with ⟨u⟩…

7. cazo

   300–399

   from Latin cattia

   Its origin is uncertain, as the DLE and Corominas say. The word is shared by the Ibero-Romance languages, Occitan and Italian: Portuguese caço, Catalan cassa and Occitan cassa, the last two recorded…

8. dentro

   300–399

   from Latin deintro

   It is inherited from Late Latin deintro (“from within”), formed of Latin dē (“from”) and intrō (“inside, within”). Corominas and Gómez de Silva describe it instead as a Spanish formation from entro…

9. hilar

   300–399

   from Latin filo

   It is inherited from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin”), through Old Spanish filar. The Latin verb is formed from fīlum (“thread”) and is documented from the 4th century; Papias glosses Latin neō (“to…

10. perdonar

    300–499

    from Latin perdono

    It is inherited from Late Latin perdono (“to forgive”); the Old Spanish form was already perdonar. The verb was formed from Latin per- + dono (“to give”), with an intensive prefix; dono is from…

11. posar

    300–399

    from Latin pauso

    1. The word for “to rest, to lodge” is inherited from Late Latin pausare (“to cease, halt, rest”), from pausa (“halt, pause”), a loan from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “to stop, make cease”) or from…

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