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camisa f. (Noun) "shirt" Very late 9th cent. Borrowed from Late Latin camisa 'id.,' from Latin camisia 'id.' Probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European language with cognates in Germanic. Indo-European Germanic Old High German hemidi, Old English hemeþe Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
campar (Verb) "to stand out" 16th cent. From campo. Indo-European Romance Asturian camín, Portuguese caminho, Galician camiño, Catalan camí, French chemin, Italian cammino Probably derived from the military sense of campo "field," where one excels in the field of battle (compare campeón). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
campeón (Noun) "champion" Late 16th cent. borrowing from Italian campione 'id.,' itself borrowed from Late Latin campionem, accusative of campio "fighter." From Latin campus "field" (see campo). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
campo m. (Noun) "countryside," "field" 10th cent. From Latin campus "field" but metaphorically a field (for an event like a battle or debate). A similar development occurs in English phrases like "playing field" or "battlefield." From Proto-Italic *kampo- 'field.' Of unknown origin, probably a substrate source. The original sense in Latin of a treeless field is even better preserved in campa "empty field." Also the origin of myriad toponyms through Spain and the Spanish-speaking world. As a surname in Campo, Campos, del Campo, Cámpiz, it was given to families known for their homes in the countryside. Indo-European Romance Asturian campu, Portuguese campo, Galician campo, Catalan camp, French champ, Italian camp, Aromanian cãmpu, Romanian câmp, Sardinian campu Germanic Gothic hamfs "mutilated," Old High German hamf "maimed," Old English hāf 'id.' Balto-Slavic Lithuanian kam̃pas "corner," kum̃pas "curved," Latvian kùmpt "to be bent," Slavic Old Church Slavonic kǫtъ "corner" Hellenic Ancient Greek καμπή (kampé) "bow" Related to Spanish campeón as a champion fighter was the foremost on the field of battle. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
canal m. (Noun) "channel;" "canal" 12th cent. From Latin canalis "pipe," "ditch." Probably from canna "reed," itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κάννα ‎(kánna) 'id.' Borrowed from Assyrian qanū 'id.' Ultimately borrowed from Sumerian gin 'id.' Also the origin of the surname de la Canal. Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
canción f. (Noun) "song" 13th cent. From Latin cantionem, accusative of cantio 'id.' From cantare "to sing" (see cantar). Indo-European Romance Asturian canción, Portuguese canção, Galician canción, Catalan cançó, French chanson, Italian canzone, Sardinian cancione Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
candela (1) f. (Noun) "candlestick" 12th cent. From Latin candela 'id.,' from the verb candere "to shine." From Proto-Italic *kand-ē- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *kn̥d-ro- "shining," from the root *(s)kend- "to shine," which gives us -cendere (cf. -cender in encender). Indo-European Romance Asturian candela, Portuguese candeia, Galician candea, Catalan candela, French chandelle, Italian candela Celtic Welsh cann "brilliant," Old Breton cant "hoary," Middle Breton cann "full moon" Albanian Gheg hanë "moon," Tosk hënë 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek κάνδαρος (kándaros) "coal" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit (ś)candrá- "bright," Young Avestan čaēčasta-, name of a mythical lake in Iran Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
candela (2) f. (Noun) "flower of a chestnut tree" Of unknown origin. Listed by Roberts (2014) as from Proto-Celtic *kand- "ash-colored" without further comment. Indo-European Romance Asturian candela "cornflower" Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Roberts, E. A. A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots. 2 vols. Xlibris Corporation. 2014.
canoa f. (Noun) "canoe" C. 1492. From Arawak kanoa 'id.' Canoa was the first New World word recorded in a Spanish dictionary, Nebrija's Spanish-Latin compilation (Dworkin 2012). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dworkin, S. N. A History of the Spanish Lexicon: A Linguistic Perspective. Oxford University Press. 2012. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
cansado (Adjective) "tired" Late 15th cent. From the past participle of cansar. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.