The Spanish word 'baremo', meaning 'evaluation scale' or 'calculation table', comes from the French word 'barème', which had the same meaning of 'calculation table'. The French word itself is derived from the surname of François-Bertrand Barrême, a French mathematician who lived in the 17th-18th centuries and was known for publishing popular books of mathematical tables and calculations. This is an example of an eponym - a word derived from a person's name.

Since 'baremo' entered Spanish directly from French and is based on a person's surname, there aren't any simpler or more common Spanish words that share its etymology.

While English doesn't have a direct cognate of 'baremo', it's worth noting that English uses similar concepts like 'scale', 'rubric', or 'ready reckoner' to express the same idea of a standardized evaluation table. The term 'ready reckoner', though less common today, historically served a similar purpose to what Barrême's calculation tables provided.