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Spanish Etymologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

Carlton C. Rice
Carlton C. Rice*
Affiliation:
Catawba College
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Abstract

[1. estragar < *stragare: strages. 2. sesgar < *sesecare (defended against Spitzer and Ullrich). 3. simado, sima: σιμός. 4. sosegar < *insulsicare.]

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 5 , Issue 1-Part1 , March 1929 , pp. 23 - 26
Copyright
Copyright © 1929 Linguistic Society of America

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1 Fartus farsus, fixus fictus, fluxus fluctus, frictus frixus, indultus indulsus, mersus mertus, emulsus emulctus, pulsus pultus, sartus sarsus, scriptus scripsus, tensus tentus, tertus tersus, tortus torsus.

2 In this article Persson shows conclusively that σιμός meant originally ‘bent’, ‘concave’, and that its use in the sense of ‘snub’ is a secondary specialization.

3 Pliny 26. 5. 58: nervus qui platys appellatur.

4 Körting, Lateinsich-romanisches Wörterbuch 3, favors Storm's etymon *subsedicare, which Meyer-Lübke, REW, rejects on phonetic grounds, preferring Michaelis' type *sessicare (influenced by sub), — likewise a very irregular etymology.