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Spanish words from Latin words first recorded in the 5th century

6 Spanish words inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 5th century, earliest Latin record first.

1. caramillo

   423–455

   from Latin calamellus

   1. The word for the reed pipe is inherited from Old Spanish caramiello, inherited from Late Latin calamellus (“little reed”). The Latin word is a diminutive of calamus (“reed”), and the pipe was…

2. gayo

   448–449

   from Latin gaius

   1. The word for the jay is inherited from Late Latin gaius, through Old Spanish gayo. The Late Latin bird name is generally taken from the Roman first name Latin Gaius, as urraca “magpie” is a…

3. feria

   455

   from Latin feria

   It is inherited from Late Latin fēria (“feast day; weekday”), a semi-learned descendant whose form reflects its use in the Church. Wiktionary calls it a learned borrowing from Latin. The Late Latin…

4. carpa

   485–580

   from Latin carpa

   1. The word for the fish is inherited from Late Latin carpa, which is recorded once in Latin, in Cassiodorus in the 6th century. The DLE takes the Late Latin word from Gothic *karpa. Corominas calls…

5. molino

   485–580

   from Latin molinum

   It is inherited from Old Spanish molino, inherited from Late Latin molīnum (“mill”). The Late Latin noun is the neuter of the adjective molīnus (“of a mill”) used as a noun, or a shortening of saxum…

6. cara

   500–599

   from Latin cara

   It is inherited from Vulgar Latin cara (“face”), from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head”). Corominas calls its origin uncertain: the Greek word belonged only to poetry (Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus…

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