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Where does “espagnolette” come from?

espagnolette (English) comes from French espagnolette, from French espagnole, from French espagnol, from Middle French espaignol, from Old French espagneul, from Old Occitan espaignol, from Vulgar Latin Hispaniolus, from Latin Hispānus — coast of hyraxes.

espagnolette (English): A locking device normally mounted on a pair...

Definitions

  1. A locking device normally mounted on a pair...

Ancestry of “espagnolette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchespagnoletteespagnolette
2Frenchespagnolefeminine singular of espagnol
3FrenchespagnolSpanish, from or otherwise related to Spain, its...
4Middle FrenchespaignolSpanish
5Old Frenchespagneul—
6Old OccitanespaignolSpanish
7Vulgar LatinHispaniolusSpanish; of Spain; Of Spain
8LatinHispānus—
9LatinHispānia—
10Punicאי שפןcoast of hyraxes
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