Spanish words first recorded in the 15th century

It is borrowed from Latin advertō (“to turn towards; to notice”), a learned word. The Latin verb is formed from ad- and vertō (“to turn”). García de Diego calls the verb learned in Spanish and…

1. The word for the measure is borrowed from Latin metrum (“measure, especially of verse”), which is from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”). The DLE gives the Greek word as its source. As the…

It is borrowed from Late Latin motīvus (“relating to movement”), a learned word of the 15th century. In Medieval Latin the adjective meant “moving, prompting”, and its neuter motivum was used as a…

It is from Spanish partir (“to divide”): the past participle of the verb, used as an adjective and as a noun. The Academy's dictionary from 1884 to 1917 derived it from Latin partītus, the…

It is borrowed from Latin resultō (“to spring back, rebound”). The CDH has it from 1417, in Enrique de Villena, much earlier than the BDELC's first record of 1570, in Cristóbal de las Casas…

It is borrowed from French attraper (“to catch in a trap; to catch up with”), formed in French from trappe (“trap”). The French verb is recorded as Old French atraper from 1165. The DHLF derives the…

It is borrowed from Latin intelligēns (“understanding; expert”), a variant of intellegēns. The Latin word is the present participle of intellegō (“to understand”); the spelling with ⟨e⟩ is the more…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin facilis (“that can be done; easy”), first as fácile. The present form became usual in the 16th century. Vox dates the borrowing to the 15th century…

It is borrowed from Latin machina (“machine, contrivance; scaffolding; stratagem”), which is from Ancient Greek μαχανά (mākhanā́), the Doric form of Attic μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “ingenious device…

It is borrowed from Latin problēma (“a question proposed for solution”), from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “task; question put forward”). Corominas records it from Covarrubias (1611); the CDH…

It is borrowed from Latin agens (“doing, acting”), the present participle of agō (“to drive, do, act”). De Vaan traces the Latin verb to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive, lead”). Corominas…

It is a learned borrowed from Latin dīvertō (“to turn aside, separate”). The DLE glosses the Latin verb as “to lead different ways”, and Corominas as “to turn away”, whence “to distract oneself”…

It is borrowed from Latin recuperō (“to recover, get back”), a learned doublet of recobrar, which continues the same Latin verb by inheritance. García de Diego also calls it a learned word; cobrar…

The DLE derives it from Spanish escuadrar (“to square”). Corominas, who dates both words to Alfonso de Palencia in 1459, calls them derivatives shared with Italian squadra and squadrare, Catalan…

It is borrowed from Latin genius (“tutelary deity of a person; inborn nature”), a learned word, like all its Spanish derivatives. The Latin noun is derived from gigno (“to beget”). Wiktionary traces…

It is borrowed from Latin difficilis (“hard to do; hard to deal with”), a learned word. Vox dates the borrowing to the 15th century. The Spanish nouns and verbs dificultad and dificultar were taken…

It is borrowed from Latin spectāculum (“sight, show”), a learned word. The Latin noun is formed from spectō (“to look at, watch”) and -culum. That verb is a frequentative of the archaic speciō (“to…

It is borrowed from Latin condūcō (“to lead or bring together”), a learned word. The Latin verb is made of con- (“together”) and dūcō (“to lead”). The only popular descendant of the Latin verb in…

It is borrowed from Latin tranquillus (“calm, still”). The BDELC dates it about 1440; the DCECH cites the Marqués de Santillana, then Góngora in 1582, and finds it common in the Quijote. The noun…

It is inherited from Old Spanish tartuga, probably from Late Latin tartarūchus (“a demon”) in the feminine form. The Late Latin word is from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “dweller in…

1. The word for “east” is probably borrowed from French est, which is from Old English ēast. The first Spanish form, leste, has the French article joined to it, and French has the word from the 12th…

It is a borrowing whose route is disputed. Corominas thinks it most likely came borrowed from Catalan màscara rather than from Italian maschera, because it appears late in Spanish, and because a…

It is borrowed from Latin assūmō (“to take up, take to oneself, adopt”), a learned word. The Latin verb is formed from ad- and sūmō (“to take”), itself formed from sub- and emō. The simple Latin…

According to the DLE it is borrowed from Medieval Latin Teutiscus, which the DLE takes from *Thiudiska. Wiktionary gives Medieval or Late Latin theodiscus, from *þiudiskaz, perhaps through an Old…

It is borrowed from Latin nūtrīre (“to suckle, nourish, rear”), a learned word. Corominas dates it 1623, but the Old Spanish Textual Archive has the form in a text of 1498. It replaced Old Spanish…