Most of the Portuguese vocabulary comes from Latin, since Portuguese is a Romance language. However, other languages that came into contact with it have also left their mark. In the 13th century, the lexicon of Portuguese had about 80% words of Latin origin and 20% of pre-Roman, Germanic and Arabic origin.

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  • Most of the Portuguese vocabulary comes from Latin, since Portuguese is a Romance language. However, other languages that came into contact with it have also left their mark. In the 13th century, the lexicon of Portuguese had about 80% words of Latin origin and 20% of pre-Roman, Germanic and Arabic origin.
  • Siden portugisisk er et romansk språk, stammer mesteparten av det portugisiske ordforrådet fra latin. Men også andre språk som portugisisk har vært i kontakt med gjennom tidene, har satt sine spor.
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  • Most of the Portuguese vocabulary comes from Latin, since Portuguese is a Romance language. However, other languages that came into contact with it have also left their mark. In the 13th century, the lexicon of Portuguese had about 80% words of Latin origin and 20% of pre-Roman, Germanic and Arabic origin.
  • Siden portugisisk er et romansk språk, stammer mesteparten av det portugisiske ordforrådet fra latin. Men også andre språk som portugisisk har vært i kontakt med gjennom tidene, har satt sine spor.
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  • Portuguese vocabulary
  • Portugisisk ordforråd
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