Spanish words of uncertain origin

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Spanish words of uncertain origin

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This is a list of Spanish words of uncertain origin. Some of these words existed in Latin and/or Ancient Greek, but are thought by some scholars to ultimately come from some other source. Many of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

ademán
agachar
agalla
ají
amargo
amarillo
&anchoa
añicos
apache
ardilla
areito
arete
aro
arrancar
arrear
arriero
arroyo
arveja/alverja
asustar
azulejo

B

balde (barrel, tub)
barato
barraca
barro
bata
baúl
beso
bisagra
bizco
borrar
borrego
&bronce
bruja
buitre
burla
burlar
buscar

C

cabaña,
cacarear
caleta
cama
cambur
camilla
&canica
caracol
carcajada
catalán
cataluña
cebra
celta
cagarra
changa
chango
charco
&chileno
chipre
chiste
chorro
chupar
cibernética
coco
cochino,
cucubano

D

&danza
derrocar
&destrozar

E

español
-ez (name suffix)

G

gabacho
gacho
gago
gana
ganga
garbanzo
garza
gobernar
godo
gorra
gorrión
gorro
gótico
graznar
gusano,

H

hipo

♥ Hola

J

judía (lima bean)
juey

L

lama
latir
laurel
leopardo
lerdo
lirio water lily
liso
listo

M

malgache
malva
manteca
mantecado
mantequilla
&mascota
maullar
metralla
mimo
mimar
mohíno
moho
&moneda
moño
mueca
migir

N

nabo
niña

O

&ola
olivo
-ón= augmentative suffix (opposite of a diminutive suffix), as found in balón "big ball.": the same as Italian -one. Examples: guitarrón (from guitarra), salchichón (from salchicha). Exceptions (nouns ending in -ón that are not in the augmentative): aguijón, camarón, empujón.