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haya (2) f. (Noun) "gift for dance instructors during holidays" From Latin habeas "may you have," from habere "to have" (see haber). 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.
haz (1) f. (Noun) "face" 10th cent. Old Spanish faz /hadz/. 15th cent. haz. From Vulgar Latin faces "face." From Latin facies "face," "shape." Of unknown origin. Indo-European Romance Portuguese face, Galician face, Catalan faç, French face, Italian faccia, Aromanian fatsã, Romanian fatscha, Sardinian fache In the 3rd or 4th cent. text Appendix Probi we find the line: facies non fa[ces] "[the word for 'face' is] facies, not faces." 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. 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.
haz (2) (Noun) "tied bundle of firewood" 14th cent. From Latin fascis "bundle." From Proto-Italic *faski- 'id.' Of unknown origin. Indo-European Romance Asturian feixe, Portuguese feixe, Galician feixe, Catalan feix, French faix, Italian fascio, Romanian fascie 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.
hecho m. (Adjective, Noun) "done;" "act," "fact" 10th cent. Old Spanish fecho. From Latin factus "done," the passive participle of facere "to do" (see hacer). 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.
hechor (Noun) doer; (Chilean, Andalusian dialects) "wrongdoer" Very early 17th cent. Old Spanish feitor, fechor. From Latin factor "doer." The transition from "doer" to "wrongdoer" arose because the overseer is often the one responsible when things go awry. Indo-European Romance Asturian fechor, Portuguese feitor 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.
heder (Verb) "to stink" 11th cent. From Latin fetere 'id.,' although originally fœtere. From Proto-Italic *fwoit- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *d^hu̯oh₂-i̯- "to smoke." The sense evolution is one from stinking of smoke. From the root verb *d^hu̯eh₂- "to smoke." Indo-European Romance Aromanian fet, Romanian făta, Sardinian fedare 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.
helado m. (Adjective, Noun) "cold," "ice cream" 13th cent. An adjectival from helar. 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/.
helar (Verb) "to freeze" 13th cent. From Latin gelare 'id.,' a verb derived from gelus "frost" (see hielo. 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.
hender (Verb) "to split" 13th cent. From Latin findere 'id.' From Proto-Italic *find-e 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *b^hi̯-n-d- "to cleave." Indo-European Romance Portuguese fender, Catalan fendre, French fendre, Italian fendere Italic Hernican hvidas "to break" Celtic Celtiberian biđetuđ Germanic Gothic beitan, Old Norse bíta, Old High German bīzan, Old Saxon bītan, Old English bītan (English to bite) Hellenic Ancient Greek φείδομαι (p^heídomai) Indo-Iranian Sanskrit bhinátti "to split" 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.
herida (Adjective, Noun) "wounded;" "wounded person," (f.) "wound' 12th cent. Originally meaning "struck," then "wounded." Originally an adjectival derived from the past participle of herir. 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/.