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Spanish words from Latin words first recorded in the 6th century

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

1. cargar

   507–511

   from Latin carrico

   It is inherited from Late Latin carricāre (“to load a cart”). Old Spanish cargar had the same form. The Latin verb is found in the Visigothic Code and other texts of the Visigothic and Merovingian…

2. robar

   507–511

   from Latin raubo

   It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *raubare, a word that spoken Latin borrowed from Proto-Germanic *raubōną (“to plunder, snatch”). Corominas holds that the loan was made early, through the Germanic…

3. trapo

   530–570

   from Latin drappus

   It is inherited from Late Latin drappus (“cloth, rag”). Spanish and Portuguese changed the initial /d/ to /t/ because no native Latin word began with ⟨dr⟩; the other Romance languages kept the /d/…

4. cillero

   533

   from Latin cellarium

   It is inherited from Old Spanish cellero, inherited from Latin cellārium (“storeroom, pantry”). The DLE derives it from cellārius (“storekeeper”) instead. García de Diego takes the storeroom from…

5. campaña

   538–594

   from Latin campania

   It is inherited from Late Latin campānia (“level country, plain”), recorded from the 6th century. The Late Latin noun is the feminine of the adjective campāneus “of the plain”, from Latin campus…

6. cabaña

   560–636

   from Latin capanna

   It is inherited from Old Spanish cabanna, inherited from Late Latin capanna (“hut”). The Late Latin word first appears in Isidore of Seville. Its origin is uncertain: Corominas and the BDELC take it…

7. cama

   560–636

   from Latin cama

   It is inherited from Old Spanish cama, inherited from Late Latin cama (“bedding, a bed on the ground”). The Latin word is known only from Isidore of Seville, who describes the cama as a short bed…

8. hogar

   560–636

   from Latin focaris

   It is inherited from Old Spanish fogar, inherited from Vulgar Latin focāris, an adjective meaning “of the hearth” that replaced Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”) in Hispania. The DLE describes the…

9. tío

   560–636

   from Latin thius

   It is inherited from Old Spanish tio, inherited from Late Latin thius (“uncle”), which is from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos, “uncle”). The feminine tía is likewise thia, from θεία (theía). Isidore of…

10. hoja

    600–630

    from Latin folia

    It is inherited from Old Spanish foja, inherited from Latin folia (“leaves”), the plural of folium (“leaf”). The Latin neuter plural was first a collective, “foliage”, and was later taken as a…

11. valor

    600–699

    from Latin valor

    It is inherited from Late Latin valor (“worth, value”). Old Spanish had the same form, valor. The Late Latin noun is formed from Latin valeō (“to be strong; to be worth”) + -or. In medieval Latin…

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