Where does “espagnolette” come from?

espagnolette (French) comes 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, from Latin Hispānia — coast of hyraxes.

espagnolette (French): espagnolette window locking device

Definitions

  1. espagnolette window locking device

Ancestry of “espagnolette”, step by step

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

Words derived from “espagnolette

Every word from Punic אי שפןEvery word from Latin HispāniaEvery word from Latin Hispānus
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