Portuguese words first recorded in the 15th century

It is formed from Portuguese perfeito (“perfect”) + -mente, the adverbial suffix being added to the feminine form. Huber's grammar of Old Portuguese cites it among the adverbs of this type (§ 488)…

Wiktionary and Cunha take it as borrowed from Medieval Latin papālis (“papal”), which is formed from pāpa (“pope”) with the suffix -ālis. Houaiss, Aulete, the DLP and Aurélio analyse it as from…

It is a variant from Portuguese laca, the name of the resin, which is an important part of sealing wax. Nascentes, Aurélio and the DLP derive it from an older lácar with an added -r. Corominas also…

1. The word for the reservoir is of disputed origin. Houaiss, Cunha, Aurélio and Nascentes lean towards an aphetic from Portuguese estanque (“pond, reservoir”), itself from the verb estancar, which…

Its origin is disputed: Houaiss and Nascentes call it controversial, Cunha uncertain, and the DLP obscure. The word existed in the Iberian Peninsula before the Portuguese reached India: Spanish…

It is a word of African origin, but the sources do not agree on the language. Wiktionary considers it probably borrowed from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. Aurélio proposes Yoruba iyã or…

It is borrowed from Arabic سلطان (sulṭān, “rule, authority; ruler, prince”). Wiktionary instead takes it through French sultan and Turkish sultan, and traces the Arabic word to Aramaic שולטנא…

It is inherited from Latin turdus (“thrush”). The same Latin word is Galician tordo, Spanish tordo, Catalan tord, Italian tordo and French tourd. In Romanian, sturz owes its initial s- to a crossing…