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Where does “Don Quixote” come from?

Don Quixote (English) comes from Spanish Don Quixote, from Spanish Quixano.

Don Quixote (English): Any person or character who displays quixotism

Definitions

  1. Any person or character who displays quixotism

Ancestry of “Don Quixote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishDon Quixote—
2SpanishQuixano—

Words derived from “Don Quixote”

  • Don Quixotesque
Every word from Spanish Quixano →