Where does “spanyol” come from?
spanyol (Hungarian) comes from Malay Sepanyol, from Dutch spanjool, 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.
spanyol (Hungarian): Spanish; Spaniard
Definitions
- Spanish; Spaniard
Ancestry of “spanyol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | Sepanyol | Spanish |
| 2 | Dutch | spanjool | Spaniard |
| 3 | French | espagnol | Spanish, from or otherwise related to Spain, its... |
| 4 | Middle French | espaignol | Spanish |
| 5 | Old French | espagneul | — |
| 6 | Old Occitan | espaignol | Spanish |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | Hispaniolus | Spanish; of Spain; Of Spain |
| 8 | Latin | Hispānus | Spaniard |
| 9 | Latin | Hispānia | — |
| 10 | Punic | אי שפן | coast of hyraxes |