The adjective 'Hispanic' in the title is used in a broad sense, recognizing that the historical study of the Spanish language must take into account its interactions with other languages.
This work has been called simply 'the best etymological dictionary of Spanish.' Throughout more than six thousand pages, Corominas establishes the origin and development of Castilian vocabulary, both archaic and modern, Peninsular and Latin American, often referencing other Iberian and Romance languages. The dictionary is an expansion and consolidation of earlier etymological publications by Corominas, particularly the mid-1950s Diccionario crítico etimológico de la lengua castellana. An index of the five volumes was published as a sixth volume in 1991. It was completed in the late 1970s and published in five volumes in the early 1980s. Not to be confused with Diccionario crítico etimológico de la lengua castellana.ĭiccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico is a discursive etymological dictionary of Spanish compiled by Joan Corominas (also spelled Coromines) in collaboration with José Antonio Pascual.
