Catalan etymology in numbers
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Counted from the etymologies of the 1 Catalan entry in this dictionary, and recounted every few hours as entries are added. See also Catalan words by origin.
Borrowed, inherited or formed
Each entry counted once: as borrowed if its etymology names a language it was taken from, else as inherited, else as formed within Catalan.
- Borrowed 0% · 0 taken from another language
- Inherited 100% · 1 passed down from an ancestor of Catalan
- Formed in Catalan 0% · 0 compounds and derivatives of its own words
- Not traced yet 0% · 0 no etymology links yet
Ultimate origins by language family
Where the 1 traced word end up when their etymologies are followed back as far as they go, from entry to entry, grouped into families and the branches of Indo-European.
- Italic 1 · 100% Proto-Italic 1
When the words arrived
The 1 entry with a first-attestation date, by century and by the language each was borrowed from. Browse the words of each century →
- Inherited or formed
Show as a table
| Century | Inherited or formed | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 12th century | 1 | 1 |
Words other languages took from Catalan
45 entries of other languages in this dictionary were borrowed from Catalan or its earlier stages.
Most prolific roots
The words that the most Catalan entries go back to, at the far end of their etymologies.
- 1 Proto-Italic *akʷā → aigua
Longest journeys
The Catalan words whose etymologies pass through the most languages, followed from entry to entry.