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1900s

Spanish words first recorded in the 20th century

2 Spanish words whose earliest known written record dates from the 20th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

  1. modernidad

    1905

    It is formed from Spanish moderno + -idad. Corominas lists it among the derivatives of moderno (1433), which is from Latin modernus. The Latin adjective is built on modo (“just now”) with the suffix…

  2. colón

    1917

    It is named from Spanish Colón (“Columbus”), after Cristóbal Colón, the navigator, because the coin bears his portrait. Wiktionary takes the surname from Latin Colombus, from columba (“dove”), and…

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