P-Z
- Pagoda
- from pagode; corruption of Persian بوتکاتا butkata (+"idol deity")
- Palaver
- a chat, from palavra (="word"), Portuguese palavra (word), parabola (parable), speech (current fala, discurso), chat (current bate-papo, papo, palavrinha, conversa and also Eng. chat) alteration of Late Latin parabola, speech, parable.
- Palmyra
- from palmeira (="palm")
- Pickaninny
- from pequenina (="little one") or pequeninha (="toddler")
- Piranha
- from piranha (=piranha), from Tupi pirá ("fish") + ánha ("cut")
- potato
- from "batata"
- Sablefish
- from sável (="shad," "whitefish")
- Samba
- from samba ; ultimately of Angolan origin, semba
- Sargasso
- from sargaço (="sargasso")
- Savvy
- from sabe he knows, from saber to know
- Stevedore
- from estivador (="stevedore")
- Tank
- from tanque
- Tapioca
- from tapioca
- Teak
- from teca
- Tempura
- Japanese 天麩羅, tenpura?, also written as "天ぷら", from Portuguese têmporas, (=Ember Days)
- Verandah
- from varanda (="balcony" or "railing"), from Hindi वरांडा varanda or Bengali baranda
- Yam
- from inhame or Spanish ñame from West African nyama (="eat")
- Zebra
- from zebra (same meaning), which started as the feminine form of zebro (a kind of deer), from vulgar Latin eciferus, classical Latin .
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