Portuguese words first recorded in the 15th century

It is borrowed from French pavillon (“military tent”), from Old French paveillon and ultimately from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly; tent”). The French word is recorded as paveilun early in the 12th…

Its origin is disputed. Houaiss and Cunha explain it from an old word for “melon”, *pepom, which was taken for an augmentative and given the diminutive suffix -ino. Most other sources consider it…

It is borrowed from Latin permittō (“to let go; to entrust; to allow”), first recorded in the 15th century. Wiktionary calls it a learned borrowing that changed conjugation, and Nascentes a…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīpīta, an altered form of Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm”). Wiktionary takes it from Medieval Latin pipita, a form of Early Medieval Latin, and names the learned…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīccō (“to prick, strike”), a verb found in almost all the Romance languages except Romanian, which must therefore go back to Vulgar Latin. Houaiss calls…

It is borrowed from Latin poēsis (“poetry, a poem”), which is from Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis, “making, creation; poetry”). The Greek noun is formed from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”) with the suffix…

It is borrowed from Late Latin polītīa (“administration of the state, government”), recorded from the 15th century. Nascentes calls it a semi-learned word. Cicero used the Latin word for the title…

It is borrowed from Latin polīticus (“concerning civil government, political”), taken as a learned word. The Latin word is from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós, “of or for citizens; of the…

It is borrowed from Spanish pólvora (“gunpowder”), which goes back to Catalan pólvora (“dust, powder”). The Catalan word continues Late Latin pulvera, a neuter plural formed on Latin pulvis…

It is inherited from Latin palumbus (“wood pigeon”), through Old Galician-Portuguese *poombo. Nascentes traces the change through *paombo, with the loss of ⟨l⟩ between vowels and then the first…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *puppa (“stern”), a form of Latin puppis (“stern of a ship”). The change to the first declension in ⟨-a⟩ is explained by the feminine gender of the Latin word and…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin praeambulum (“preamble”), the Late Latin adjective praeambulus (“walking in front, preceding”) used as a noun. Houaiss derives it directly from the adjective, and…

It is borrowed from Latin praeparō (“to make ready beforehand”), a learned word. The Latin verb is formed from prae- (“before”) and parō (“to furnish, provide”). The same verb gave Spanish preparar…

It is borrowed from Latin praesideō (“to sit in front; to guard, preside over”), recorded from the 15th century. Nascentes counts it a semi-learned word. The Latin verb is formed from prae- (“in…

It is borrowed from Latin praetor (“praetor, a Roman magistrate”). Nascentes calls it a learned word. The Latin word comes from an earlier *praiitōr, formed praeeō (“to go in front, lead the way”)…

It is borrowed from French princesse, formed in French from prince (“prince”), which comes from Latin princeps (“first; chief, prince”). Houaiss dates the French word to 1308 and the noun to the…

It is borrowed from Latin prōdigium (“portent, prodigy”). Nascentes calls it a learned word. The origin of the Latin word is uncertain: the OLD connects its second element either with agō (“to…

It is borrowed from Latin professor (“one who professes an art; a teacher”), a learned word first recorded in the 15th century. The Latin noun is formed on professus, the past participle of…

It is borrowed from Latin prōmptus (“brought out; at hand, ready, quick”), a learned word recorded from the 15th century. The Latin adjective is the past participle of prōmō (“to take out, bring…

It is borrowed from Latin probābilis (“that can be proved; credible”). Nascentes calls it semi-learned, and DELPo and Wiktionary note that it can also be analysed as from Portuguese provar + -vel…

It is borrowed from Latin prōvocātiō (“a challenge; incitement”), first recorded in the 15th century. Cunha dates it only to 1813. The Latin noun is formed from prōvocō (“to call forth, challenge”)…

It is borrowed from Late Latin prōvocātīvus (“calling forth”). Nascentes calls it a learned word. Lewis and Short mark the Latin adjective as post-classical: Tertullian uses it in the passive sense…

It is inherited from Latin pullō (“to sprout, put forth shoots”), recorded from the 15th century. The Latin verb is formed from pullus (“young of an animal”). The sense changed from “sprout” to…

It is borrowed from Late Latin pūrgātīvus (“purgative”). Nascentes calls it a learned word. Lewis and Short mark the Latin word as post-classical and medical, used by Caelius Aurelianus of purgative…

It is borrowed from Latin pūrificō (“to cleanse, purify”), a learned word. Houaiss dates it to the 15th century, Cunha to the 16th. In Portuguese it can be read as puro with the suffix -ificar. The…

It is borrowed from Latin reclāmō (“to cry out against, protest”), a learned word. The Latin verb is formed from re- and clāmō (“to shout”). It first meant “to call out in reply” and “to shout back…

It is formed from Portuguese re- + cu + -ar, according to Houaiss, Priberam and Silva Bastos. Houaiss compares French reculer “to go backwards”, formed in the same way from cul and first recorded…

It is borrowed from Late Latin reparātiō (“restoration, renewal”), recorded from the 15th century. Houaiss and Wiktionary give the source as Latin, Cunha and Aurélio as Late Latin, and Nascentes…

It is borrowed from Latin repellō (“to push back, drive away; to reject”), taken into the third conjugation. Nascentes calls it semi-learned. The Latin verb is formed with re- on pellō (“to push…

It is inherited from Late Latin repausō (“to rest”). The Latin verb combines re- (“again, back”) and pausō (“to halt, cease, rest”), from pausa (“pause, halt”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis…

It is a back-formation from Portuguese repousar (“to rest”). The verb is from Late Latin repausō (“to halt awhile, rest”). The Latin verb is formed from re- and pausō (“to halt, rest”), from pausa…

According to Houaiss it is borrowed from Medieval Latin reprensalia (“reprisals by capture”), a word of the 13th century, which he derives from reprehēnsus, the past participle of Latin reprehendō…

It is borrowed from Late Latin resistentia (“resistance”), a learned word first recorded in the 15th century. Nascentes calls it semi-learned. Lewis and Short mark the Latin noun as late, used by…

It is borrowed from Latin respīrātiō (“breathing; a pause for breath; exhalation”). Nascentes calls it semi-learned. The Latin noun is formed from respīrō (“to breathe again, take breath”) with the…

It is borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin resuscitatio (“a raising again from the dead”), recorded in the 15th century as Old Galician-Portuguese resuscitaçom. The Latin noun belongs to Church Latin…

It is borrowed from Late Latin revolūtiō (“a rolling back; revolving”), taken by a semi-learned route. The Latin noun is formed from revolvō (“to roll back”) with the suffix -tiō. Saint Augustine…

1. The word for risk is, according to Houaiss, borrowed from French risque (“danger”), taken from Italian risco, a variant of rischio, which is from Medieval Latin risicus, also riscus, often linked…

It is inherited from Latin ruptūra (“a breaking, fracture”), written Old Galician-Portuguese routura in the old language. Cunha dates it to the 15th century. Aurélio, Aulete and Michaelis analyse it…

It is borrowed from Spanish rumbo, according to Houaiss, Cunha, Nascentes and the Aurélio. Nascentes explains the loss of /b/ as an assimilation of the two labials. Wiktionary instead refers it to…

It is borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin sēnsuālis (“relating to the senses”), a learned word. The Latin adjective is formed from Latin sēnsus (“perception, sense”) with the suffix -ālis, and the…

It is borrowed from Latin serēnus (“clear, cloudless; calm”), a learned word. The same Latin word is Spanish sereno, Italian sereno, Catalan serè and Romanian senin; French serein has been reshaped…

It is borrowed from Latin servīlis (“of a slave”), recorded from the 15th century. Nascentes calls it a learned word. Cunha dates the adjective only to the 16th century, but notes that the adverb…

It is borrowed from Latin simulator (“one who imitates; a pretender”), the agent noun of simulo (“to imitate, feign”). Houaiss dates the noun to the 15th century. Cunha dates it only to 1813 and…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *superānus (“that is above”), from Latin super (“above”). Nascentes calls it a semi-learned word. The same Latin word is Spanish soberano, French souverain, Old…

It is borrowed from Latin sollicitūdō (“anxiety, care”), recorded from the 15th century. Nascentes calls it semi-learned. Cunha dates the modern form only to 1844. The same Latin noun is Spanish…

It is borrowed from Latin superior (“higher, upper”), a learned word. Houaiss dates it to the 15th century, Cunha to the 16th. The Latin word is the comparative of superus (“that is above, upper”)…

It is formed from Portuguese superior + -idade, in Houaiss with a linking ⟨-i-⟩. Wiktionary instead takes it from Medieval Latin superiōritās, and Cunha, who dates it only to 1813, from French…

It is inherited from Latin suppōnō (“to put under; to substitute; to suppose”). Nascentes and Aurélio derive it through an intermediate Old Galician-Portuguese *supoer, with the loss of the Latin…

In its first, nautical senses, “to lie at anchor, to put into port, to drop anchor”, it is borrowed from Catalan sorgir, recorded in the 13th century, which is from Latin surgō (“to rise, get up”)…

It is borrowed from Italian tartaruga according to Cunha, Nascentes, Aurélio and the DLP, and Nocentini also takes the Portuguese word from Italian. Nascentes adds that it came by way of trade, and…

It is borrowed from Latin theātrum (“theatre”), from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), a learned word. The same Latin word gave Galician teatro, Spanish teatro, Catalan…

It is borrowed from Latin terribilis (“frightening, dreadful”), recorded from the 15th century. Nascentes calls it semi-learned. Wiktionary notes that it can be analysed in Portuguese as terror and…

It is inherited from Late Latin drappus (“cloth”), which medieval Latin documents also spell trapus. Houaiss, Cunha, Nascentes and Corominas explain the /t/ of Portuguese and Spanish by the absence…

It is borrowed from Late Latin tropicus, recorded in Portuguese from the 15th century. Latin used the adjective in the plural as a noun for the circles parallel to the equator. The Latin adjective…

It is borrowed from French trotter (“to trot”), first recorded in the 15th century. Houaiss gives the French route as probable, and Nascentes and Wiktionary allow Italian trottare as a second…

It is a learned borrowing, borrowed from Latin ūniversum (“the whole, the universe”), the noun use of the neuter of ūniversus (“all together, whole, entire”). Houaiss gives the adjective as the…

It is borrowed from Latin usurpatio (“use; misuse; interruption of usucapion”), a learned word. Nascentes calls it semi-learned. Within Portuguese it can be analysed as usurpar with the suffix -ção…

It is formed from Portuguese vanglória + -oso, and is recorded from the 15th century. The noun was first written apart, as Old Galician-Portuguese vaã gloria in the 14th century, and fuses the…

It is borrowed from French avant-garde (“vanguard”), taken through the old variant Old Galician-Portuguese avanguarda, which lost its first vowel. Houaiss notes that the French word, recorded from…

It is inherited from Latin vēnātiō (“hunting; game”), recorded from the 15th century. Like veado, from vēnātus (“hunt; game”), it has lost the Latin -n- between vowels, and Cunha treats it under…