List of Spanish words of Semitic origin
Spanish words which were originally from a Semitic language
This is a list of Spanish words that come from Semitic languages (excluding Arabic, which can be found in the article, Arabic language influence on the Spanish language). It is further divided into words that come from Aramaic and Hebrew. 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.
Aramaic
- Abracadabra
- Abba
- Agadá
- Corban
- Fariseo
- Sultán
Hebrew
- Abdón
- Abel
- Abraham
- Aceituna
- Ada
- Ábaco
- Ama
- Adonai
- Adán
- Álef
- Aleluya
- Aliá
- Amidá
- Amén
- Ana
- Aravá
- Asera
- Askenazí
- Asquenazí
- Av
- Bato
- Babel
- Barrabás
- Benjamín
- Bethel
- Bruja
- Beca
- Betsaida
- Brit
- Cafarnaúm
- Caleb
- Carmelita
- Camello
- Camita
- Caraísmo
- Caín
- Comino
- Coralo
- chévere
- Chingon
- Chutzpah
- Dagesh
- Daniel
- David
- Don
- Edén
- Efa
- Efetá
- Efraín
- Elías
- Emanuel
- Enoc
- Esdras
- Ester
- Esther
- Ezequiel
- Fariseo
- Filisteo
- Galilea
- Gapuchín
- Gehena
- Gueto
- Gematría
- Gersón
- Golem
- Gólem
- Hadas
- Halajá
- Hallulla
- Hebreo
- Hitbodedut
- Homer
- Hosana
- Isaac
- Isabel
- Isaías
- Ismael
- Israel
- Israelí
- Israelita
- Jacob
- Jalá
- Janucá
- Januquiá
- Jaredí
- Jebuseo
- Jehová
- Jeremías
- Jerusalén
- Joel
- Jonás
- Josué
- Juan
- Judío
- Jubileo
- Judas
- Kadish
- Keren
- Kipá
- Knesset
- Kosher
- Kotel
- Krav Maga
- Lamec
- Leví
- Lázaro
- Lazareto
- Malsín
- Maranata
- Maná
- María
- mascarilla (In Hebrew - Masekha - מסכה)
- Matusalén
- Mazel Tov
- Melquisedec
- Menorá
- Mesías
- Medida
- Metatrón
- Mezuzá
- Midrash
- Miguel
- Miqueas
- Mishná
- Mitzvá
- Mirra
- Mohel
- Moisés
- Míriam
- Najash
- Natanael
- Neftalí
- Nehemías
- Noé
- Oseas
- Parashá
- Pésaj
- Rabí
- Rabino
- Rafael
- Raquel
- Rebeca
- Rosh Hashaná
- Rut
- Ruth
- Saduceo
- Salem
- Salomón
- Samuel
- Sara
- Satanás
- Satán
- Schlomit
- Selah
- Set
- Shabat
- Sábado
- Shaddai
- Shalom
- Shavuot
- Shekhiná
- Sefardí
- Sefardita
- Sheol
- Shoah
- Shofar
- Shémita
- Siclo
- Simón
- Sion
- Sofit
- Sucot
- Séfora
- Talit
- Tamar
- Tanaj
- Tefilín
- Tel Aviv
- Torre de Babel
- Torá
vino (Encarnación de la palabra semítica yayen)
- Yahvé
- Yeshivá
- Yod
- Yom Kipur
- Zacarís
See also
References
- "Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española" by Guido Gómez de Silva (ISBN 968-16-2812-8)