New Words Learned

1. comer
   • Language: Spanish & Portuguese
   • Part of speech: verb
   • Meaning: to eat
   • Derived from the Latin phrase “con edo” which means “i eat”. “edo” means “to eat” in Latin. The English word “eat” derives from the Latin word “edo”.
2. comida
   • Language: Spanish
   • Part of speech: Noun
   • Meaning: food
   • Derived from the Latin roots as “comer”
3. muy
   • Language: Spanish
   • Part of speech: Adverb
   • Meaning: very
   • Derived from the Latin word “multus” which means “much” or “many”. The English word “multiple” derives from the same root.
4. bueno
   • Language: Spanish
   • Part of speech: Adjective
   • Meaning: good
   • Derived from the Latin word “bonus” which means “good”
5. vivir
   • Language: Spanish
   • Part of speech: verb
   • Meaning: to live, to be alive, to survive
   • Derived from the Latin word “vivere” which means “to live” and “to be alive”
6. vida
   • Language: Spanish
   • Part of speech: Noun
   • Meaning: life, lifestyle, livelihood
   • Derived from the Latin word “vita” which means “life”. The Latin word has several cognates includes the Sanskrit word “jivita” which means “life”
7. verde
   • Language: Spanish
   • Part of speech: Noun
   • Meaning: green. It is also colloquially used to mean “unwell”,
   • Derived from the Latin word “virdis” which means “lively”, “full of life” and “green”. The English word “verdure” also derives from the same Latin root word.
8. bien
   • Language: Spanish
   • Part of speech: Adverb, Adjective or Noun.
     • Adverb example: He plays the piano well
     • Adjective example: He is a from a well to do family
     • Noun example: I am back for good
   • Meaning: well. In the noun case, it turns into “good” or “goodness”
   • Derives from the Latin word “bene” which means “good”. The word “bonus” which is the origin of the word “bueno” also derives from the same ancestor. There was an English word “bene” at some point in the past which meant “good”. But that one has gone out of fashion. But you see the word “bene” still used in words like “benefactor” which means someone that does good things.
9. hotel
   • Language: Spanish
   • Part of speech – Noun
   • Meaning: Hotel
   • Derived from the French word hôtel which itself got to French after deriving multiple times from the Latin word “hospitalis” which means “relating to a host, guest or stranger”. So, the words “hospital”, “hostel” and “hotel” all derive from the same root. This is why the hotel industry is often called as the “hospitality” industry.
10. cine
    • Language: Spanish
    • Part of speech – Noun
    • Meaning: cinema
    • Derives from the Greek word “kinema” which means movement. If you are familiar with physics, you would have definitely heard of the “kinematics” which is the study of moving things. So, it was cool to see the same roots here.
11. gracias
    • Language: Spanish
    • Part of speech – Noun
    • Meaning: Thanks
    • Derives from the Latin word “gratus” which means “kindness”, “favor”, “esteem” and “grace”. The English word “grace” and “grateful” derives from this Latin word. But it took a really long route through French to get to English haha.
12. sí
    • Language: Spanish
    • Part of speech: Particle
    • Meaning: Yes
    • Derives from the Latin word “sic” which means “as stated”
    • The accent mark is super important. If you ignore the accent mark, the meaning becomes “if”
13. oso
    • Language: Spanish
    • Part of speech: Noun
    • Meaning: bear
    • Derives from the Latin word “ursus” which means “bear”. The word “ursus” transformed into “ussus” which then transformed into “osso” and eventually into “oso”. I also discovered that the name “Ursula” also derives from the Latin word “ursus” as well. The name means “she-bear” or “female bear”
14. otro
    • Language: Spanish
    • Part of speech: Pronoun, Interjection and Determiner
    • Meaning: Other, another or again
    • Derives from the Latin word “alter” which means “the other”
15. doctor
    • Language: Spanish
    • Part of speech: noun
    • Meaning: Someone with a PhD or physician
    • Derives from the Latin word “doctor” which means “teacher” or “instructor”
16. médico
    • Language: Spanish
    • Part of speech: noun
    • Meaning: Someone with medical training, a physician
    • Derives from the Latin word “medicus” which means “healing”, “curative”, “magic”
17. faculatitivo
    • Language: Spanish
    • Part of speech: noun
    • Meaning: Physician/doctor
    • Seems to be a Spanish native word. No derivative history found
18. día
    • Language: Spanish
    • Part of speech: noun
    • Meaning: day
    • Derived from the Latin word “dies” which means “day”. Romans used this word to describe the time between midnight to next midnight. The word “diem” also derives from this. The English word “day” doesn’t derive from this word. Instead, it is of Germanic origin and derives from the word “tag”.
19. profesor
    • Language: Spanish
    • Part of speech: noun
    • Meaning: Professor, teacher, instructor
    • Derived from the Latin word “professor” which itself derives from the word “professus” which means “confessed”, “acknowledged” or “declared”. So, “professor” in Latin pretty much means someone who has “acknowledged” in something.
20. maestro/maestra
    • Language: Spanish
    • Part of speech: noun
    • Meaning: Master of something, teacher or instructor
    • Derived from the Latin word “magister” which means “master”, “chief”, “teacher” and “instructor”. But this word doesn’t seem to have directly arrived into Spanish from Latin. Instead, it was borrowed from English.