Where does “Saintes” come from?

Saintes (English) comes from French Saintes, from French sainte, from Spanish Los Santos.

Saintes (English): the former capital of the Saintonge province

Definitions

  1. the former capital of the Saintonge province

Ancestry of “Saintes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchSaintesSaintes; A city in the southeastern French département Charente-Maritime, the former capital of the Saintonge province
2Frenchsaintesaintess
3SpanishLos Santos—
Every word from Spanish Los Santos →Every word from French sainte →Every word from French Saintes →