Portuguese words first recorded in the 15th century

It is borrowed from Latin admīrātiō (“wonder, astonishment”), first recorded in the 15th century. Nascentes calls it semi-learned. Within Portuguese it can be analysed as admirar with the suffix…

It is borrowed from Latin admīror (“to wonder at, admire”), a learned word. Machado and Nascentes start from an active form of the verb that replaced the deponent in later Latin. The same Latin verb…

It is borrowed from Latin adōrātiō (“worship, adoration”), a learned word. Wiktionary notes that it can also be read as from Portuguese adorar + -ção, and that it displaced the popular Old…

It is borrowed from Latin adornō (“to prepare, equip; to adorn”), a learned word. The Latin verb is formed from ad- and ornō (“to furnish, equip”), and its first sense was “to get ready, prepare”…

It is borrowed from Latin affluens (“flowing; abounding, rich”), the present participle of affluō (“to flow towards or into”). The Latin verb is formed from ad- and fluō (“to flow”). Nascentes calls…

It is borrowed from Latin agēns (“doing, acting”), the present participle of agō (“to drive, do”). Nascentes calls it a learned word. Wiktionary adds that it can now be analysed as agir with the…

It is formed from Portuguese a- + grado (“will, liking”) + -ar, from the old noun meaning “will, pleasure”. That noun, written Old Galician-Portuguese graado in the 13th century, is from Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin āla (“wing; armpit”). The inherited outcome of the Latin word lost the ⟨-l-⟩ between vowels and became Old Galician-Portuguese aa, plural ⟨aas⟩, as in the Cantigas de Santa…

It is borrowed from Late Latin annūntiātiō (“announcement”), a learned or semi-learned word. The Latin noun is formed from annūntiō (“to announce”) with the suffix -tiō, and belongs to Christian and…

Houaiss takes it as borrowed from Italian appoggiare (“to lean one thing against another; to support”), an Italian verb recorded from 1310 that continues Vulgar Latin *appodiō, formed on Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin argilla (“potter's clay”), which is from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos, “white clay, potter's earth”). The 15th-century form Old Galician-Portuguese arzila has a ⟨z⟩…

It is inherited from Latin ēructō (“to belch up”), according to Machado, Nascentes, the Academia's dictionary and Wiktionary. Houaiss calls the origin controversial: besides the Latin compound, he…

It is borrowed from Andalusian Arabic روز (ráwz), which Corriente gives with the article, from Arabic رز (ruzz). The first syllable of the Portuguese word is the Arabic article, assimilated to the…

1. The word for the craftsman is borrowed from Italian artigiano, according to Houaiss, Wiktionary, Aurélio and Nascentes. Houaiss compares French artisan. Machado derives it from the French word…

It is borrowed from Italian assassino (“murderer”), from Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”). Houaiss, Cunha, Machado and Nascentes all take the word through Italian, where it is old…

It is borrowed from Latin attentiō (“application of the mind, attention”). Nascentes calls it semi-learned. Houaiss dates it to the 15th century, Cunha to the 16th. The Latin noun is formed from…

It is borrowed from Latin attentus (“attentive, heedful”), the past participle of attendō (“to stretch towards; to pay attention”). Wiktionary calls it a learned borrowing and Nascentes a…

It is inherited from Latin attineō (“to hold near, keep back, detain”), also written adtineō, formed from ad- and teneō (“to hold”). The Latin verb also meant “to concern, belong to”. The same Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin atomus (“indivisible; an atom”), a learned word, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “uncut, indivisible”). Houaiss notes that the Latin adjective was used as a noun as a…

It is borrowed from Latin attrahō (“to draw towards oneself”), with a change of conjugation from the Latin third conjugation to the Portuguese verbs in -ir. Wiktionary calls it a learned borrowing…

It is borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الزهر (azzáhr, “die (for gaming)”), from the Arabic article ال (al-) and Arabic زهر (zahr, “flowers; dice”). Houaiss, Cunha and Machado explain the sense “die”…

It is borrowed from French barrique (“cask”), a word of southern French origin, first recorded in French in 1455. The French word was borrowed from the Occitan of south-western France, where it is…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *bastō (“to carry, bear; to suffice”), which Houaiss, Aurélio and Corominas trace to Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to lift and carry a burden”). Cunha, the DLP…

It is borrowed from French blason. Michaelis and Figueiredo derived it from Spanish blasón instead, but the Spanish word, itself from French, is recorded only from 1539–1542. The French word…

It is borrowed from Latin calor (“heat, warmth”), an early learned word. Houaiss dates it to the 15th century but calls it an old learned loan of the 14th, because its sounds, with the /l/ kept…

It is formed from Portuguese caminho + -ar, from the noun for “way, road”. Wiktionary also traces it directly to Vulgar Latin *camminō, the verb that underlies Italian camminare and French cheminer…

It is borrowed from Spanish cáñamo, recorded in Spanish since 1170. The Spanish word comes from Late Latin cannabum, the form Isidore uses, beside classical cannabis (“hemp”). In Spanish the Latin b…

It is borrowed from Latin capācitās (“capacity; mental grasp”), a learned word. The Latin noun is formed from capāx (“able to hold”) with the suffix -tās, and the adjective from capiō (“to take; to…

It is borrowed from Latin capāx (“able to hold; capable”), first recorded in the 15th century. Houaiss glosses the Latin word as “that can hold, that can grasp or understand”. Wiktionary calls it…

Its origin is disputed. Nascentes, Cunha and Machado take it as from Portuguese casto (“chaste, pure”), its feminine used as a noun for a pure breed without mixture. The DLP, Michaelis and Aulete…

It is borrowed from Latin causātiō (“pretext, excuse; occasion; illness; accusation”). The Latin noun is formed from causor (“to plead as a reason”) with the suffix -tiō. Michaelis and DELPo analyse…

It is probably formed from Portuguese causa + -ar, as Houaiss and Wiktionary explain it. Houaiss suggests that the starting point may instead have been Medieval Latin causo (infinitive causare) as…

It is borrowed from Latin centrum (“the fixed leg of a pair of compasses; centre of a circle”), which is from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “goad, sharp point; centre of a circle”). The Latin word…

It is inherited from Latin cervēsia (“beer”), also written cerevisia, first recorded in the 15th century. The Latin word is of Gaulish origin and is first found in Pliny. Wiktionary takes it from a…

It is borrowed from Latin circulus (“ring, hoop; circle”), a learned word recorded from the 15th century. Houaiss lists the Latin senses “wheel, ring, plane figure bounded by the circumference…

Houaiss, Wiktionary, Aurélio and the DLP take it as borrowed from Latin circumstantia (“a standing around; circumstance, particular”). Cunha instead derives it from French circonstance, itself from…

It is borrowed from Latin cōdex (“writing, register, book”), taken over by a half-learned route and moved into another declension. The Latin word was applied above all to the code of Justinian and…

It is inherited from Late Latin commāter (“godmother”), the Christian Latin word for the woman who became a second mother to a child at its baptism. The Latin word is formed from com- (“together”)…

It is borrowed from Latin commodus (“suitable, convenient, advantageous”). Nascentes calls it a semi-learned word. The same Latin word was borrowed as Spanish cómodo, French commode, Italian comodo…

It is borrowed from Latin comportō (“to carry together, bring together”), a learned word. The Latin verb is formed from con- and portō (“to carry”). The same Latin word was taken into Spanish…

It is borrowed from Late Latin commūnicātīvus (“fit for communicating, communicative”), first recorded in the 15th century. Nascentes calls it semi-learned, and DELPo places the Latin word in…

It is borrowed from Latin concēdō (“to withdraw, give way; to grant”), a learned word. The Latin verb is formed from con- and cēdō (“to go, to give way”). Its senses ran from “to go away, withdraw”…

It is borrowed from Latin concessiō (“a yielding, granting”), recorded as conçessom in the 15th century. Nascentes calls it semi-learned. The Latin noun is formed from concēdō (“to give way, grant”)…

It is inherited from Late Latin coriācea (understood with vestis (“garment”)), the feminine of coriāceus (“of leather”), from Latin corium (“skin, hide”). The first cuirasses were of leather, and…

It is borrowed from Latin crēditum (“a loan; something entrusted”), with the senses “belief, trust”, first recorded in the 15th century. Cunha, Nascentes and Aurélio add that in the commercial sense…

It is probably borrowed from French débattre, which is formed from dé- and battre (“to beat”). Houaiss dates the French verb in the sense “to debate” to 1283; the DHLF dates the verb to about 1050…

It is formed from Portuguese des- + contente. DELPo compares Spanish descontento, formed in the same way. The second part is recorded from 1344; it is from Latin contentus (“contained; content”)…

It is borrowed from Latin difficilis (“hard to do, troublesome”), a learned word of the 15th century. Nascentes calls it semi-learned. The Latin adjective is formed from the prefix dis- and facilis…

It is borrowed from Latin discernō (“to separate, set apart; to distinguish”). Nascentes calls it semi-learned. The same Latin word gives Galician discernir, Spanish discernir, Catalan discernir…

It is inherited from Latin disparō (“to divide, separate”), recorded in the 15th century both in its modern form and as Old Galician-Portuguese desparar. The Latin verb is formed from dis- and parō…

It is borrowed from Latin distinguō (“to separate, divide; to distinguish”). Nascentes calls it semi-learned. The Latin verb is formed from dis- (“apart”) and the verb stinguō. De Vaan lists it…

It is borrowed from Late Latin dolōrōsus (“painful”), a learned word. The Latin adjective is formed from dolor (“pain, grief”) with -ōsus. It displaced the inherited Old Galician-Portuguese dooroso…

It is formed from Portuguese em- + baraço + -ar, from the noun for “cord”, so that its first sense was to entangle or hobble. Nascentes and the DLP allow the feminine baraça as the base as well…

It is inherited from Late Latin *impignō, a Late Latin verb reconstructed from Latin pignus (“pledge, pawn”). Compare Spanish empeñar and Italian impegnare. The Latin noun itself gave penhor. Others…

It is borrowed from Latin ēnōrmis (“irregular, out of the rule or pattern”), formed from ex- and norma (“carpenter's square; rule, pattern”). Houaiss dates it to the 15th century from Cunha's slips…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *scarabiculus (“little beetle”), a diminutive of Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”), in the view of Houaiss, Cunha and the DLP. Nascentes and Aurélio derive it instead…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *excōlō (“to strain out, filter”), which Houaiss cites as a Latin verb meaning “to filter, strain; clear”. The REW glosses it “to drip off”, and the DLP and Porto…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav; slave”), recorded in Portuguese from the 15th century. The Medieval Latin word, found from the 10th century, comes from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος…

It is borrowed from Latin scrīptor (“scribe, secretary; writer, author”). Nascentes calls it semi-learned, and Wiktionary has it from Old Galician-Portuguese escriptor. The Latin word is an agent…

Its origin is disputed. Houaiss tentatively takes it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *exmagō (“to lose one's strength”), and adds that the Portuguese verb first meant “to afflict, to tire oneself”…