Articles about etymology
How Are the Names 'James' and 'Diego' Related?
The etymological change in Spanish is not as well understood, and authorities differ on the details. What appears likely, although not certain, ...
http://spanish.about.com/od/historyofspanish/a/diego.htm
Origin of the Names of the Days of the Week in Spanish and English
Day Names Have Common Etymology in English and Spanish ... The etymology (word history) of most of the days the week are linked to Roman mythology. ...
http://spanish.about.com/od/historyofspanish/a/names_of_days.htm
Building Your Spanish Vocabulary: Prefixes
Etymology - Greek and Latin Roots and Etymology - Prefixes and Affixes · Spanish Prefix 'Mal-' · Definition of 'Suffix' - Grammar Glossary for Spanish and ...
http://spanish.about.com/od/spanishvocabulary/a/spanishprefixes.htm
Cocaine - Cocaína - Words We Share in Spanish and English
Etymology : The history of this word for an addictive stimulant derived from the coca plant shows the complicated route words can take to become part of ...
http://spanish.about.com/od/wordsweshare/p/cocaine.htm
Spanish Loan Words in English
It doesn't take someone who studies etymology to look at a Spanish-language Web site (or the Web sites in nearly any other language) to see how English ...
http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/a/spanishloanword.htm
Spanish's Arab Connection: Spanish Words Derived from Arabic
The etymology of English words goes beyond the scope of this article, but the introduction of Arabic words into Spanish began in earnest in the eighth ...
http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/a/arabicwords.htm
Definition of 'Cognate' - Grammar Glossary for Spanish and English
Most often, cognates are words in two languages that have a common etymology and thus are similar or identical. For example, the English "kiosk" and the ...
http://spanish.about.com/cs/vocabulary/g/cognategloss.htm
Origins of the Abbreviation 'Vd.' - Learn Spanish Language
Answer: To answer that question requires a quick lesson in the etymology (word history) of usted, and the story of that pronoun also answers another ...
http://spanish.about.com/od/historyofspanish/a/usted_vd.htm
English 'Barb' and Spanish 'Barba' - Words We Share
But the connection between barba in Spanish and "barb" in English is one of word history (etymology), not one of meaning. ...
http://spanish.about.com/od/wordsweshare/a/barb.htm
Definition of 'Calque' - Grammar Glossary for Spanish and English
calques · etymology · spanish vocabulary. Definition: A word or phrase in one language whose ... Also from the Grammar Glossary. IndexEtymologyFalse Friend ...
http://spanish.about.com/od/historyofspanish/g/calque.htm
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