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diestro (Adjective) "right (side);" "skillful" 12th cent. From Latin dexter 'id.' From Proto-Italic *deks-tero- "right (side)." From Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-tero- 'id.' The first element is from *deḱos "proper;" the second element is the comparative suffix *-tero- (see -tr-). Proto-Indo-European *deḱos is from *deḱ- "to accept," "to perceive." Indo-European Romance Asturian diestru, Portuguese destro, Catalan destre, French dextre, Italian destro Italic Oscan destrst, Umbrian destre "on the right" Celtic Old Irish dess, Middle Welsh deheu, Breton dehou, Middle Cornish dehow Germanic Gothic taihswa, Old Saxon tesewa, Old High German zeso Albanian Albanian djathtë Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic desnъ, Lithuanian dẽšinas Hellenic Ancient Greek δεξιϝος (deksiwos), Mycenaean de-ki-si-wo, Indo-Iranian Sanskrit dákṣina- 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.
diez (Cardinal Number) "ten" 12th cent. From Latin decem. From Proto-Italic *dekm̥ 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *deḱm̥ 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian diez, Portuguese dez, Galician dez, Catalan deu, French dix, Italian dieci, Aromanian dzatsi, Romanian zece, Sardinian dèke Italic Oscan δεκμας (dekmas) "tithe" Celtic Celtiberian tekametam- "tenth," Gaulish decametos "tenth," Old Irish deich, Middle Welsh deg, Old Breton dec, Old Cornish dec Germanic Gothic taihun, Old Norse tíu, Old High German zehun, Old Saxon tehun, Old English tīen (English ten) Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic desętь, Lithuanian dẽšimt Hellenic Ancient Greek δέκα (déka) Armenian Armenian tasn Indo-Iranian Sanskrit dáśa, Young Avestan dasa Tocharian A śäk, B śak 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.
diferencia f. (Noun) "difference" 13th cent. From Latin differentia 'id.,' derived from differens "different" (see diferente). 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.
diferente (Adjective) "different" Late 15th cent. From Latin differentem, accusative of differens 'id.,' from the verb differre (see diferir). Indo-European Romance Asturian diferir, Portuguese diferir, Galician diferir, Catalan diferir, French différer, Italian differire, Romanian diferi 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.
diferir (Verb) "to differ" 15th cent. From Latin differre 'id.,' from dis- "away" and ferrer "to support" (see dis- and fértil respectively for continued etymologies). 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.
difícil (Adjective) "difficult" From Latin difficilis 'id.,' from dis-, a negating prefix, and facilis "easy" (see dis- and fácil respectively). Indo-European Romance Asturian difícil, Portuguese difícil, Galician difícil, Catalan difícil, French difficile, Italian difficile 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.
difundir (Verb) to diffuse, "to spread" 16th cent. From Latin diffundere 'id.,' from dis- "apart" and fundere "to pour." See dis- and hundir respectively. Indo-European Romance Portuguese difundir, Galician difundir, Catalan difondre, Italian diffondere 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.
dinero m. (Noun) "money" 11th cent. From Latin denarius, a silver coin valued at 10 as (meaning literally "containing ten"). From deni "tens," "ten each" and -arius, agent-forming suffix (see -ero). Latin deni is from Proto-Italic *dekeni "tens." A plural of Proto Indo-European *deḱm̥ "ten" (see diez). Indo-European Romance Asturian dineru, Portuguese dinheiro, denário, Galician diñeiro, Catalan diner, denari, French denier, Italian denaro, danaro 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.
dios m. (Noun) "god" 10th cent. From Latin deus 'id.,' from Old Latin deiuos. From Proto-Italic *deiwo- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *dei̯-u̯-o- 'id.' From earlier *di̯-eu̯-, the name of the Indo-European sky god. See also día. Indo-European Romance Asturian dios, Portuguese deus, Galician deus, Catalan déu, French dieu, Italian dio, Romanian zeu, Sardinian déu Italic Oscan διωϝηις (dioweis), Umbrian di "Zeus!," Pre-Samnite δι- (di-), Marrucinian ioues, Paelignian iouiois "to the gods," Marsian iouies 'id.' Celtic Old Irish dïe "day," Old Welsh did 'id.,' Old Breton ded 'id.,' Old Cornish det 'id.' Germanic Old Norse Týr "Tyr," Old English Tiw (English Týr, Tuesday) Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic dьnь "day," Lithuanian diẽvas, Old Prussian deiwas Hellenic Ancient Greek Zεύς (dzeys) "Zeus," Mycenaean di-we Messapian Messapian zis "Zeus" Armenian Armenian tiw Indo-Iranian Sanskrit devá- "god," Old Avestan daēuua- "god (of the pre-Zoroastrian peoples)" The expected evolution of Latin into Spanish would have been **dio. Perhaps -s was conserved due to the important role of the word and its frequent use. 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.
dirección f. (Noun) "direction;" "address" Early 17th cent. From Latin directionem, an accusative past participle formed from the verb dirigere "to direct" (see dirigir). 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.