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This is a list of Spanish words which are considered to be of Basque origin. Some of these words existed in Latin as loanwords from other languages. [clarification needed] Some of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language.
Native origin, the mainstream theory, according to which the Basque language would have developed over the millennia entirely between the north of the Iberian Peninsula and the current south of France, without the possibility of finding any kind of relationship between the Basque language and other modern languages in other regions.
Basque is written using the Latin script including ñ and sometimes ç and ü . Basque does not use c, q, v, w, y for native words, but the Basque alphabet (established by Euskaltzaindia) does include them for loanwords: [82]
The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are an indigenous ethno-linguistic group mainly inhabiting the Basque Country (adjacent areas of Spain and France).Their history is therefore interconnected with Spanish and French history and also with the history of many other past and present countries, particularly in Europe and the Americas, where a large number of their descendants keep attached to their ...
Proto-Basque is based on the comparison also of words that precede Common Basque, such as Latin words in Basque, and toponyms. Common Basque is dated to the 5th and 6th centuries, while Proto-Basque stage can be roughly dated to the last centuries BCE, before the Roman conquests in the Western Pyrenees. [1]
The English word Basque may be pronounced / b ɑː s k / or / b æ s k / and derives from the French Basque (French:), itself derived from Gascon Basco (pronounced ), cognate with Spanish Vasco (pronounced ). Those, in turn, come from Latin Vascō (pronounced ; plural Vascōnēs—see history section below).
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For example: 1) one section for ancient Spanish words of clear Basque origin (especially those previous to the XVI century). Not words that look like Basque, but with a reasonable parallel. 2) another section for modern Basque loanwords (especially proper for the Basque neologism of the XIX-XX century as abertzale or ertzaintza).