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herir (Verb) "to wound" Originally meaning "to strike" as early as the 10th cent. When herida came to mean "wounded," the verb was influenced to mean "to wound" in the 14th cent. From Latin ferire 'id.' From Proto-Italic *fer-je/o- "to strike." From Proto-Indo-European *b^herH-i̯e/o 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian firir, Portuguese ferir, Galician ferir, Catalan ferir, French férir, Italian ferire, Aromanian firescu, Romanian feri, Sardinian feríre Albanian Albanian bjerrë "falls" 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.
hermano (Noun) "sibling" 10th cent. Old Spanish ermano; 11th cent. hermana. From Latin hermanus 'id.,' from germanus 'id.' From the phrase frater germanus "brother of the same father or mother" and its female counterpart soror germana. For the etymology of frater, see fraile; for the etymology of germanus, see germen. 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.
hermoso (Adjective) "beautiful" Early 12th cent. Old Spanish fuermoso. From Latin formosus 'id.,' from forma "form," "beauty" and -osus (see forma and -oso respectively). Also the origin of several surnames, including Hermoso, Hermosa, Hermosel, Hermosilla, Hermosín, Hermozin, and Ricohermoso. Indo-European Romance Asturian formosu, Portuguese formoso, Galician fermoso, Catalan formós, Italian formoso, Romanian frumos Appendix Probi (3rd or 4th cent.) records formunsus. 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.
héroe m. (Noun) "hero" Late 15th cent. From Latin heroem, accusative of heros 'id.' Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἥρως ‎(heros) 'id.' Of unknown origin. Presumably borrowed from a non-Indo-European language. Indo-European Romance Portuguese herói, French héros, Italian eroe, Romanian erou 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.
hetría f. (Noun) confusion From an unattested pre-form in Old Spanish, feitoría, derived from the Old Spanish feitor "overseer," "creator of a confused mess," "wrongdoer" (Modern Spanish hechor). Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
hiel f. (Noun) "gall," "bile" 13th cent. From Latin fel 'id.,' from an unattested pre-form *fell (perhaps under influence from mel "honey"). From Proto-Italic *fell "bile," "yellow." The word is a bit of a "Italic" mystery. The appurtanance of f- in Proto-Italic points to g^wh- or *b^h- in Proto-Indo-European, yet in all other languages we see signs the original sound was *ǵ^h-. One "solution" proposed is that one of the dialects within Italic underwent a sound change *ǵ^h to f; while the dialect did not survive, the word fell managed to outlive the dialect and replaced the native word (de Vaan 2014). As one can see, this proposal is hardly convincing; yet linguists are left without a better explanation. Therefore, the assumed proto-form in Indo-European is *ǵ^helh₃-n̥- "yellow." Indo-European Romance Asturian fiel, Portuguese fel, Catalan fel, French fiel, Italian fiele, Aromanian heari, Romanian fiere, Sardinian febi, fele Germanic Old Norse gall "gall," Old High German galla 'id.,' Old Saxon galla 'id.,' Old English gealla 'id.' (English gall) Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic zlьčь "bile," Russian žëlč' 'id.,' Czech žluč 'id.,' Bulgarian zlăč 'id.,' Lithuanian tulžìs 'id.,' Latvian žul̂(k)ts 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek χόλος (k^hólos) "bile," "wrath" Indo-Iranian Avestan zāra- "bile" 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.
hielo m. (Noun) "ice" 13th cent. From Latin gelus "frost." From Proto-Italic *gelu- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *ǵel-u̯- Indo-European Germanic Gothic kalds "cold," Old Norse kaldr 'id.,' Old High German kalt 'id.,' Old Saxon kald 'id.,' Old English ceald (English cold) Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic xladъ "cool breeze," Russian xólod "cold" 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.
hiemal (Adjective) winter, "wintry" From Latin hiemalis 'id.,' from hiems "winter." From Proto-Italic *χeim- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *ǵ^héi̯ōm 'id.' Indo-European Celtic Old Irish gaim "winter," Old Welsh gaem 'id.,' Old Breton guoiam 'id.,' Old Cornish gayf 'id.,' Gaulish giamoni 'id.' Albanian Tosk dimër "winter," Gheg dimën 'id.' Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic zima "winter," Russian zýma 'id.,' Bulgarian zimá 'id.,' Polish zima 'id.,' Lithuanian žiema 'id.,' Latvian ziema 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek χεῖμα (k^heîma) "snow" Armenian Armenian jmeṙn "winter" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit himá- "cold," Young Avestan zaiiana- "wintry" Tocharian A śarme "winter," B śiñc- 'id.' 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.
hijo (Noun) "son," "daughter" 11th cent. Old Spanish fijo. From Latin filius 'id.,' Old Latin filios. From Proto-Italic *filio- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *d^hh₁i̯-l- 'id.' From *d^heh₁- "to suckle." See also felíz. Indo-European Romance Asturian fíu, Portuguese fillo, Galician fillo, Catalan fill, French fils, Italian figlio, Aromanian hilj, Romanian fiu, Sardinian fidzu, fillu Italic Umbrian fel, Faliscan fileo, Venetic filia "daughter" Messapian Messapian bilia "daughter" 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.
historia f. (Noun) "history," "story" A 13th cent. borrowing direct from Latin historia 'id.' Borrowed by the Latins from Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'id.' From ἵστωρ (hístor) "wise man," "expert." From Proto-Indo-European *u̯id-tōr- "knower." From the root *u̯ei̯d- "to know," "to see" (whence ver). Indo-European Romance Asturian historia, Portuguese história, Catalan història, French histoire, Italian storia, Romanian istorie Hellenic Boeotian ϝίστωρ (wístor) "witness" 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.