Spanish Vocabulary: An Etymological Approach

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations and Symbols......Page 10
Simplified Gender Rule......Page 13
Introduction......Page 18
PART I. BACKGROUND......Page 32
SECTION 1.1. Spanish as a Romance Language......Page 34
SECTION 1.2. “Learned” versus “Popular” Words......Page 38
SECTION 1.3. Latin: A Few Useful Tools......Page 42
PART II. CLASSICAL VOCABULARY......Page 48
SECTION 2.1. “Learned” Latin Words......Page 50
SECTION 2.2. “Learned” Greek Words......Page 87
PART III. POPULAR VOCABULARY: THE SHAPE OF SPANISH......Page 108
SECTION 3.1. Addition of “Helping” e: esnob = snob......Page 110
SECTION 3.2. Initial f --> h: higo = fig......Page 119
SECTION 3.3 Vowel Changes: e --> ie, o --> ue, etc.......Page 127
SECTION 3.4. Basic Consonant Changes: p/b, t/d, c/g......Page 166
SECTION 3.5. Other Distinctive Consonants (or Lack Thereof)......Page 198
PART IV. SELECTED TOPICS......Page 242
SECTION 4.1. Goths and Other Germans......Page 244
SECTION 4.2. Arabs and Muslims......Page 258
SECTION 4.3. Numbers and Quantities......Page 277
SECTION 4.4. Time......Page 293
SECTION 4.5. Ser and Estar......Page 307
SECTION 4.6. Food and Animals......Page 326
SECTION 4.7. Religion......Page 359
SECTION 4.8. The Family......Page 373
SECTION 4.9. Body, Spirit, and Mind......Page 394
SECTION 4.10. Romance (Languages) and Politics......Page 446
ANNEXES: ADDITIONAL WORDS......Page 480
ANNEX A. Principal Exceptions to the “Simplified Gender Rule”......Page 482
ANNEX B. 700 Not-So-Easy Words......Page 489
ANNEX C. Verbs Ending in -cer and Related Words......Page 512
ANNEX D. 4,500 Relatively Easy Words......Page 524
Selected References......Page 652