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-fono (Suffix) "sound" Borrowed from Ancient Greek -φωνος ‎(-p^honos) 'id.,' a suffix formed from φωνή ‎(p^honé) 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *b^hoh₂-neh₂ "voice," "sound." From earlier *b^heh₂- "say." Indo-European Germanic Old Norse bǿn "question," English ben 'id.' Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. 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.
forma f. (Noun) "form" 13th cent. From Latin forma 'id.,' but then of disputed etymology. Perhaps borrowed from Etruscan *morma, itself borrowed from the word from Greek μόρφα (mórp^ha) "bodily form." Of unknown origin. Indo-European Romance Portuguese forma, Galician forma, French forme, Italian forma, Romanian formă 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.
formar (Verb) "to form" 13th cent. From Latin formare 'id.,' a verb formed from forma. Indo-European Romance Asturian formar, Portuguese formar, French former, Italian formare 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.
forzar (Verb) "to force" 10th cent. From Vulgar Latin *fortiare 'id.,' a verb formed from fortia (see fuerza). 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. 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.
foto f. (Noun) "photo" A modern reduction of fotografía. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
fotografía f. (Noun) "photography" 19th cent. neologism. From Greek φωτο- (p^hoto) "light" and -γραφία (grap^hía) "writing" (see grafia). Greek φωτο (p^hoto) is from Ancient Greek φάος (p^háos) "light." From Proto-Indo-European *b^heh₂- "to shine." Indo-European Celtic Old Irish bán "white" Germanic Norwegian bina "to stare," Middle High German büenen "to polish," Old English bōnian "to ornament" Albanian Gheg bâj "to make, Tosk bënj 'id.' Armenian Armenian banam "to reveal" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit bhā́ti "to shine," Avestan bānu- "splendor" Tocharian A pañi "splendor," B peñiyo 'id.' 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.
fragua f. (Noun) "forge" A very early 15th cent. metathesis of Old Spanish frauga, which dates back to the early 13th cent. From Vulgar Latin *faurga 'id.,' and that from Latin fabrica "workshop," taken from a prehistoric Italic phrase *ars fabrica "artisan work." For continued etymologies, see arte and fabro respectively. Indo-European Romance Asturian fragua, Portuguese frágua, Galician fragua, Catalan farga, Italian fabbro, Aromanian favru, Romanian faur, Sardinian frau 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. 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.
fraile m. (Noun) "friar" 12th cent. Old Spanish ffrayre, later fraile, friare. Borrowed from Old Occitan fraire "brother," from Latin frater. From Proto-Italic *frāter- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European*b^hréh₂-tr- 'id.' Indo-European Italic Oscan fratrúm, Umbrian fratrum, Venetic hraterei Celtic Old Irish bráthair, Welsh brawd Germanic Gothic broþar, Old Norse bróðir, Old High Geman bruoder, Old Saxon brōthar, Old English brōðor (English brother) Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic bratrъ, Old Prussian brāti, Lithuanian brólis, Latvian brãlis Hellenic Ancient Greek φρᾱ́τηρ (p^hráter) "fraternal member" Phrygian Phrygian βρατερε (bratere) Armenian Armenian eɫbayr Indo-Iranian Sanskrit bhrā́tar-, Avestan brātar- Tocharian A pracar, B procer 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.
frente m. (Noun) "front;" "forehead" 12th cent. Old Spanish fruente. From Latin frons 'id.' The meaning of both "front" and "forehead" existed in Latin as well. Of unknown origin. Indo-European Romance Asturian frente, Portuguese frente, Galician fronte, Catalan front, French front, Italian fronte, Aromanian frãmti, Romanian frunte, Sardinian fronte 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.
frío m. (Adjective, Noun) "cold" 10th cent. Old Spanish frido. From Latin frigidus 'id.,' from the verb frigere "to be cold." Ultimately from frigus "cold." From Proto-Italic *srīgos- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *sri̯Hǵ-os- 'id.' Also the origin of Frías, the name of a town in Burgos and another in Teruel. Indo-European Romance Asturian fríu, Portuguese frio, Galician frío, Catalan fred, French froid, Italian freddo Hellenic Ancient Greek ῥῖγος (rhîgos) "cold," "frost" In the 3rd or 4th cent. text Appendix Probi we find the line: frigida non fricda "[the word for 'cold' is] frigida, not fricda." The author's spelling correction proves how the word was pronounced by common speakers, and offers a rare glimpse of the evolution of Latin into Romance languages such as Spanish. 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.