Where does “Spain” come from?
Spain comes from Middle English Spayne, from Anglo-Norman Espayne, from Late Latin Spania, from Latin Hispania, from Ancient Greek Ἱσπανία.
Spain (English): for someone with Spanish ancestry
Definitions
- for someone with Spanish ancestry
Ancestry of “Spain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Spayne | Spain; the Iberian Peninsula, especially Castile |
| 2 | Old French | Espaigne | Iberia, the Iberian Peninsula; modern day Spain and Portugal |
| 3 | Old English | Ispania | the Iberian Peninsula |
| 4 | Late Latin | Spania | — |
| 5 | Latin | Hispānia | — |
| 6 | Punic | אי שפן | coast of hyraxes |
Words derived from “Spain”