List of Spanish words of Semitic origin
This is a list of Spanish words that come from Semitic languages. It is further divided into words that come from Akkadian, Aramaic, Hebrew, and finally, words that come from Semitic when the exact source language is unknown. Some of these words existed in Latin as loanwords from other languages. Some of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language.List
A
- ábaco - from Phoenician 'abaq'
- ama -from Biblical Hebrew: אָמָה
- amén de from Hebrew or Aramaic
B
- babel - from Hebrew word for Babylon
- barrabás
- beca
- benjamín
- bruja - possible preRoman origin via Portuguese and Galician bruxa or Catalan bruixa
from the Hebrew for: בְּרוּכָה blessed to be.C
- cábala - from Hebrew Kaballah
- camello - from Hebrew or Phoenician 'gamal'
- camita
- carmelita
- chevere - from Nigerian Efik
- chingon -from the Hebrew: שִׁיגָעוֹן-shi'ga'on=craziness; madness; lunacy
- comino - from Hebrew כָּמוּן-'kammoon'
- coralo from uninditified Semitic language via Greek 'korallion'
D
- Don
E
- edén,
F
G
- gachupín - from common Cantabrian surname
- gasa
- gueto - from Hebrew or Yiddish
H
- hebreo
- Hace
HilipollasI
L
- lazareto
- león - from Hebrew 'lavi' via Greek 'leon'
M
- maná
- mariquíta
- mata
- matorral
- medída
- mesías
- mirra
N
O
P
- paloma
- pascua
- pija =from Hebrew: שְׁפִיכָה="spill"
- púrpura
Q
R
- rabí
- rabino
S
- sábado - from Hebrew 'shabbat'
- sábana
- saco
- salmo
- saquear
- Satanás
- sefardita
- seguro-from the Hebrew: סָגוּר=closed
- semita
- sémola
- sidra
- simonía
- sultán-from Aramaic shultana "power," from shelet "have power -see the Hebrew word: שָׁלְטָן-shaltan-ruler/authority
T
- tacaño
- truchimán, dragomán
- túnica
U
V
W
X
Y
Akkadian">Akkadian language">Akkadian
Aramaic">Aramaic language">Aramaic
Hebrew">Hebrew language">Hebrew
- Sabados
Semitic">Semitic languages">Semitic
