H Directory | OEDoS

hogar m. (Noun) "home;" "hearth" The sense of hearth is original. From Vulgar Latin *focaris 'id.,' from Latin focus "fire" (see fuego). Indo-European Romance Portuguese fogo, Galician fogo, Catalan foc, French feu, Italian fuoco, Aromanian foc, Romanian foc, Sardinian fogu 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.
hoja f. (Noun) "page," "sheet of paper" Old Spanish foja. From Latin folia "leaves." Originally a neuter plural noun (sing. folium) but reanalyzed as a feminine singular on the basis of the -a ending. From Proto-Italic *folio- "leaf." From Proto-Indo-European *d^holH-i̯o- 'id.' Also the origin of the surnames Hojo, Hojas, Hojeda, and Hojedo. Indo-European Romance Asturian fueya, Portuguese folha, Galician folla, Catalan fulla, French feuille, Italian foglia, Aromanian foalji, Romanian foaie, Sardinian fógiu Celtic Gaulish pempe-doula "Pontentilla" (lit. 'five-leaves'), Middle Irish duilne "leaf," Middle Welsh deil "foliage," Old Breton dol "leaves," Old Cornish delen "leaf" Germanic Old English dile "dill" (English dill) Albanian Albanian dal "I emerge" Hellenic Ancient Greek θάλος (t^hálos) "sprout" Armenian Armenian dalar "green" 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. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
hola (Interjection) "hello" 16th cent. Probably from French holà "stop there," a compound of ho "stop" and là "there." 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/.
hollar (Verb) "to tread" 13th cent. From Vulgar Latin *fullare "to full cloth," derived from the noun fullo "fuller." Of unknown origin. 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.
hombre m. (Noun) "man" 10th cent. Old Spanish omre, earlier omne. From Latin hominem, the accusative of homo 'id.' (Archaic Latin hemo). From Proto-Italic *χem-ō 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *d^hǵem-ōn "human," but more literally "one of the earth." From *d^heǵ-ōm- "earth" (see humus (1)). Indo-European Romance Asturian home, Portuguese homem, Galician home, Catalan home, French homme, Italian uomo, Aromanian om, Romanian om, Sardinian ómine Italic Oscan humuns "men," Umbrian homonus "to the men" Celtic Old Irish duine "man," Welsh dyn 'id.,' Breton den 'id.,' Cornish den 'id.' Germanic Gothic guma "man," Old Norse gumi 'id.,' Old High German gomo 'id.,' Old Saxon gumo Old English guma 'id.' (English (matrimony) groom Balto-Slavic Old Prussian smunents "man," Lithuanian žmogùs 'id.' The evolution of -mn- to -mr- to -mbr- is normal in Spanish (see hambre). The North-West Indo-Europeans drew a special metaphor between the divine, among the stars, and the human, among the earth. Nowhere is this metaphor more plain than in the etymology of the word hombre. "[The Indo-European idea of the gods as ] ‘luminous’ and ‘celestial’; this is the quality which marks the god off from human beings, who are “terrestrial” (such is the meaning of the Latin word for “man,” homo)." ~ E. Benveniste, Indo-European Language and Society (1973) 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.
homo- Prefix same 18th cent. From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós) "same," "common." From late Proto-Indo-European *somh₂-o- "same." From earlier *sem- "one" (the origin of the words siempre and mil). Indo-European Germanic Gothic sama "same," Old Norse samr 'id.,' Old High German samo 'id.,' Old Saxon sama 'id.,' Old English sama 'id.' (English same) Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic samъ "self," Russian sámyj 'id.,' Polish sam< "alone," "myself" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit samá- "same," Old Persian hama '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.
homo (Adjective) homosexual Apocapated form of homosexual. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
homosexual m. (Adjective, Noun) homosexual From homo- and sexual. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
hondo (Adjective) "deep" 13th cent. Old Spanish fondo. From Latin fundus "bottom." From Proto-Italic *fundo- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *b^hud^h-men- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian fondu, Portuguese fundo, Catalan fons, French fond, Italian fondo, Aromanian afundu, Romanian fund, Sardinian fundhu Celtic Middle Irish bond "sole" Germanic Old Norse botn "bottom," Old High German bodam 'id.,' Old English botem (English bottom) Hellenic Ancient Greek πυθμήν (put^hmén) "depth" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit budhná- "bottom," Avestan būna- 'id.' Basque Basque (h)ondo "bottom," borrowed from 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.
honor m. (Noun) "honor" 10th cent. Old Spanish onor. From Latin honor 'id.' Of unknown origin. Indo-European Romance Portuguese honor, Galician honor, Catalan honor, French honneur, Italian onore, Romanian onoare, Sardinian onore 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.