338: Italian and Spanish (donkey and butter) Nov 11, 2015

Italian and Spanish are very similar to each other, but this does not mean that they are identical. In Italian, the word 'burro' means 'butter' but in Spanish it means 'donkey'. Both of the words from these two Romance Languages are from Latin, just different Latin words. In Spanish, 'burro' comes from the Latin 'burricus' meaning 'small horse', ultimately from the word 'burrus' which means 'red-brown'. In Italian, 'burro' comes from the Latin word 'būtȳrum', ultimately from Greek the 'boúturon', both meaning 'cow-cheese'. The etymology for the Italian 'burro' is the same etymology for the Old English 'butere' (butter).