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This is a list of English words potentially borrowed or derived from Portuguese (or Galician-Portuguese). The list also includes words originally derived from other languages and are mainly contradicting the title itself: ==A-E== ;Açaí :from Portuguese ''açaí'', from Tupi-Guarani ''asaí'' ;Ainhum :from Portuguese, based on Yoruba ''eyun'' 'saw' ;Albacore :from ''albacor'' from Arabic ''al-bukr'' (="the young camels") ;Albatross :an alteration of ''albatroz'', under influence of the Latin word ''albus'' ("white") ;Albino :from ''albino'', with the same meaning, from Latin ''albus'' ;Amah : from Portuguese ama, nurse, housemaid, from Medieval Latin amma, mother ;Anhinga :from Portuguese, from Tupi ''áyinga'' ;Anil : from ''anil,'' through French, via Arabic النيل ''al-nili'' and Persian نیلا nila; ultimately from Sanskrit नीली ''nili'' (="indigo) ;Auto-da-fé : a judicial 'act' or sentence of the Inquisition from ''auto da fé'' (= "act/sentence of faith") ;Ayah : Anglo-Indian native nurse, children's governess from Port. aia, originally from Latin avia (grandmother). Etymogically related to English "uncle" ;Banana :from Portuguese or Spanish (more probably from Portuguese, as the most widespread Spanish word is ''plátano''); from Portuguese, of African origin; akin to Wolof ''banäna'' banana ;Banyan :from Portuguese, from Gujarati ''vāṇiyo'', from Sanskrit "vaṇij" ;Baroque : from ''barroco'' (adj. = "unshapely") ;Bossa nova :(= "new trend" or "new wave") ;Breeze :probably from Old Spanish and Portuguese ''briza'' 'northeastern wind ;Bual :from ''boal'' ;Buccaneer: from French ''boucanier'', from ''boucaner'', ("to cure meat"), from ''boucan'', ("barbecue frame"), of Tupian origin, ''mukém'', ("rack"), via Portuguese ''moquém''. ;Buffalo :from Portuguese ''bufalo'', from late Latin ''bufalus'', from Greek ''boubalos'' 'antelope, wild ox' ;Cachalot : from Portuguese ''cachalote'' (same meaning), probably via Spanish or French. The Portuguese word comes from ''cachola'' ("head" or "big head") ;Cachou :from French, from Portuguese ''cachu'', from Malay ''kacu'' ;Carambola: Star fruit - Portuguese, perhaps from Marathi कराम्बल karambal ;Caramel :from French, Spanish or Portuguese ''caramelo'', 'caramel', from Late Latin ''calamellus'' ;Caravel :from ''caravela'' ;Carbonado :from Portuguese ;Carioca : from Tupi "carioca" (cari = white men, oca = house; house of the white men), via Portuguese ''carioca'' (native of Rio de Janeiro) ;Carnauba :from ''carnaúba'' ;Cashew :from ''caju'' (a tropical fruit) ;Caste : from ''casta'' (="class") ;Cobra : shortening of ''cobra-de-capelo'', with the same meaning (literally, "snake with a hood") ;Coconut : from ''coco'' + nut ;Commando : from ''comando'' 'command' ;Cougar : from French couguar, from Portuguese suçuarana, perhaps from Tupian ''sɨwasuarána'' or Guaraní ''guaçu ara.'' ;Creole : French créole, from Castilian Spanish criollo, person native to a locality, from Portuguese crioulo, diminutive of cria, ("'person raised in one's house with no blood relation, a servant'"), < Portuguese criar ("'to rear, to raise, to bring up'"), from Latin creare, to beget; < Latin creo ("'to create'"), which came into English via French between 1595 and 1605. (root as ''creature'' ) ;Cuspidor :from Portuguese, ''spitter'', from ''cuspir'' 'to spit' ;Dodo :According to ''Encarta Dictionary'' and ''Chambers Dictionary of Etymology'', "dodo" comes from Portuguese ''doudo'' (currently, more often, ''doido'') meaning "fool" or "crazy". The present Portuguese word ''dodô'' ("dodo") is of English origin. The Portuguese word ''doudo'' or ''doido'' may itself be a loanword from Old English (cp. English "dolt") ;Embarrass : from Portuguese ''embaraçar'' (same meaning; also to tangle - string or rope), from ''em'' + ''baraço'' (archaic for "rope")〔Encarta Dictionary:"Via French embarrasser 'to impede, disconcert' from, ultimately, Portuguese embaraçar, from baraço 'halter'."〕 ;Emu :from ''ema'' (="rhea") 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of English words of Portuguese origin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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