Where does “isla” come from?

isla (Cebuano) comes from Spanish isla, from Old Spanish isla, from Vulgar Latin isula, from Latin Īnsula, from Proto-Italic enselā.

isla (Cebuano): an island; a contiguous area of land, smaller...

Definitions

  1. an island; a contiguous area of land, smaller...

Ancestry of “isla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishislaisland; block
2Old Spanishisla—
3Vulgar Latinisula—
4LatinĪnsula—
5Proto-Italicenselā—

Words derived from “isla”

Every word from Proto-Italic enselā →Every word from Latin Īnsula →Every word from Vulgar Latin isula →