Portuguese words first recorded in the 14th century

It is borrowed from Arabic نارنج (nāranǧ, “bitter orange”), written Old Galician-Portuguese laranja in the oldest texts. The Arabic word is from Persian نارنگ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग…

It is inherited from Latin rōmāna (“Roman”), with mala (“apples”) understood: the fruit was called the “Roman apple”. The oldest texts write Old Galician-Portuguese romãa. The REW lists the sense…

It is borrowed from Latin remūnerō (“to reward, recompense”), the active form beside the deponent remūneror. Nascentes calls it a learned word. The Latin verb is formed with re- on mūnerō (“to give…

It is inherited from Latin currēns (“running”), the present participle of currō (“to run”), written Old Galician-Portuguese corrente in the oldest texts. Nascentes calls it semi-learned. Aurélio and…

It is formed from Portuguese render + -ção, with the thematic vowel ⟨e⟩ of the verb turned into ⟨i⟩; it is first recorded in 1381 as Old Galician-Portuguese rendiçom. Aurélio and Wikcionário write…

It is borrowed from Latin relevō (“to lift up again; to relieve of a burden”). Nascentes calls it a learned word, and Wiktionary contrasts it with the inherited doublet relvar “to turf”. The first…

It is inherited from Late Latin ūsufrūctus, written Old Galician-Portuguese usofroyto in the oldest texts. Houaiss calls it a legal Latin term, “the right to use and enjoy property one does not…

It is borrowed from Latin commissio (“a committing; a commission”), from the stem of commissum, the supine of committō (“to bring together; to entrust”). Wiktionary calls it a learned borrowing…

It is borrowed from Old French conestable, with its first syllable remade on conde “count”. The French word goes back to Late Latin comes stabulī (“officer of the stable”), whose second word is the…

It is inherited from Latin patrōnus (“protector, patron”). Houaiss places it between the popular doublet padrão and the learned patrono, and Nascentes calls it semi-learned, while Aurélio speaks of…

It is inherited from Latin dūrāns (“lasting”), the present participle of dūrō (“to harden; to endure, last”). Vieira still called it the active participle of the Portuguese verb, and Nascentes's…

It is borrowed from Latin minister (“servant, attendant”), taken as a learned word through the Latin accusative. Nascentes notes that the word has risen in meaning from “servant”. The same Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin relātiō (“a carrying back; a report”), a noun formed on the supine stem of referō (“to carry back; to report”). Nascentes calls it semi-learned. The same Latin noun gave…

It is borrowed from Latin remedium (“remedy, cure”), recorded from 1390. Nascentes counts it among the learned words. The same Latin word was taken by Spanish remedio, a learned word first recorded…

It is borrowed from Latin negligēns (“careless, heedless”), a variant of neglegēns, the present participle of neglegō (“to disregard, neglect”). Nascentes calls it a learned word. The popular forms…

It is borrowed from Latin numerus (“number”), a learned word that replaced the old popular Old Galician-Portuguese nombro. García de Diego and the REW also treat the Portuguese word, like Spanish…

It is inherited from Late Latin reprobō (“to reject, condemn”), first recorded in 1391 as ⟨reprouarem⟩. The Latin verb is formed from re- and probō (“to approve”), in place of the classical improbō…

It is formed from Portuguese trama + -ar. The noun is from Latin trāma (“warp; weft”), which the OLD tentatively derives from a form *tragh-sma, from trahō (“to draw, drag”). The OLD notes that the…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *carēscō, the inchoative of Latin careō (“to lack, be without”). Lewis & Short and the DCECH note that the inchoative is found only in a few glosses. The same verb…

It is inherited from Latin multitūdō (“great number, multitude”), in a semi-learned form: Nascentes and Aurélio derive it through the archaic Old Galician-Portuguese multidõe and multidom. Nascentes…

It is borrowed from Latin nōtitia (“being known; acquaintance, knowledge”), first recorded as Old Galician-Portuguese noticia in a document of 1394. Nascentes counts it as semi-learned. An inherited…

It is borrowed from Andalusian Arabic جبة (alǧúbba), from Arabic جبة (jubba, “robe, outer garment”), with the agglutinated Arabic article ⟨al-⟩. Corriente, Pereira and Vicente record it in…