Talk:List of Spanish words of various origins

Inclusion criteria etc.

• These words are grouped by the source language, even though many of

them entered Spanish from an intermediary (example: albergue is ultimately from Germanic, but entered Spanish by way of [[Provençal language|Old Provencal]]). Names of ancient tribes, names of languages, and words denoting a person's ethnic group or nationality are included. Words not included, among others, are personal names, place names, names of mountains, rivers, cities, etc. as the list would become too expansive and there are other lists which can cover these lexical items. Many of these words have related forms (estampar and estampada) which are not included here unless, for various reasons, their relationship to each other is not obvious. Many of these words also contain Latinate affixes (example: in "alcantarilla," -illa is a [[dimunutive suffix]]) and components but have at least one component from another language (example: béisbol). Latin contained many words of [[Ancient Greek]] by the the time the Romans became involved in Iberia and those words are not included here except when 1. they were introduced to Spanish through a language other than Latin (example: albaricoque is from Ancient Greek but enter Spansih through Arabic) or 2. the word is attested in Greek, but is thought to stem from some other language (example: celta). Words which derived from attested Latin words are only included when 1. The Latin word is known to derive from another language except Ancient Greek (example: barca) 2. The Latin word is thought to have dervied from another language (example: batir). The Greek and Latin words will be grouped under "uncertain derivation." Some of the words grouped under "uncertain derivation" are documented, but are examples of onomatopoeic creations which can't be definitively attributed to a particular region or timeframe.--Hraefen 15:41, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Other theories

• There are often competing theories for word origins. If you know of

a competing theory, feel free to add information about this alternate theory after the word and add your reference to the list of references, but do not remove this word from this list because it is sourced. Rather, follow the procedure stated above, and then add the word to "List of Spanish words of X origin." (along with reference)--Hraefen 15:41, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

esquirol

I removed the Catalan 'esquirol' because it literally means 'squirrel' [1] and it ultimately comes from Ancient Greek [2]. Feel free to create List of Spanish words of Ancient Greek origin and add it there.--Hraefen 21:33, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

This page is silly

I think it should be erased or redone from scratch. --Burgas00 15:07, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

• This page is the 'junk drawer' Spanish etymology page. It contains all the languages which in themselves would have made for a very very short page. What is your suggestion exactly? --Hraefen 20:37, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Paliacate

I believe this word has two proposed origins, and this one is the least strong. RAE gives this origin: (Del nahua pal, color, y yacatl, nariz). Is this word not used only in Mexico? I would find it hard to believe that it comes from the French if it so.

• The page does not say that it comes from French, it say it comes from Dravidian. If you have an alternate etymology, add it at the appropriate page and place a link to it at this page.--Hraefen ^Talk 19:15, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

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