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definir (Verb) "to define" Borrowed from Latin definire "to determine." From de- (see de-) and finis "limit" (see fin). Indo-European Romance Portuguese definir 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.
definitivamente (Adverb) "definitely" From definitivo and -mente, an adverb-forming suffix. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
definitivo (Adjective) "definitive" From definir. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
degustación f. (Noun) tasting, "sample" From Latin degustationem, accusative of degustatio 'id.' From the verb degustare "to taste," "to try" (see degustar). Indo-European Romance French dégustation 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.
degustar (Verb) to taste, "to try" Very late 15th cent. From Latin de-, a prefix normally meaning "away from" but used here as an intensifier, and gustare "to taste." See de- and gustar respectively. Indo-European Romance Portuguese degustar, Galician degustar, Catalan degustar, French déguster, Italian degustare 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.
deja f. (Noun) "space between two notches" 18th cent. From dejar. 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/.
dejado (Adjective) "lazy" 17th cent. One who leaves things undone. From dejar. 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/.
dejar (Verb) "to leave" 12th cent. Old Spanish lexar 'id.' In all probability, lexar represents a learned form from Latin laxare, whereas dejar comes from Vulgar Latin *daksare 'id.' (see Penny 2002; cf. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman). From Latin laxare "to relax" with the l- replaced with d- under influence from Oscan. From the noun laxus (see laja). Indo-European Romance Asturian dexar, Portuguese deixar, Galician deixar, Catalan deixar, French laisser, Italian lasciare, Aromanian lãsari, Romanian lăsare, Sardinian lassare Roberts' (2014) theory that dejar replaced l- with d- under influence from dar fails to explain the many d-initial reflexes in Romance languages that point to a reconstructible etymon in Vulgar Latin. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Penny, R. J. A History of the Spanish Language. Cambridge University Press. 2002. 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.
dejo, deje m. (Noun) "aftertaste;" "peculiar accent" Very late 15th cent. From dejar. 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/.
del (Preposition) "of the" Contraction of de and el. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.