Where does “spanyolfal” come from?
spanyolfal (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian spanyol, 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 — coast of hyraxes.
spanyolfal (Hungarian): folding screen
Definitions
- folding screen
Ancestry of “spanyolfal”, step by step
spanyolfal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian spanyol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | spanyol | Spanish; Spaniard |
| 2 | Malay | Sepanyol | Spanish |
| 3 | Dutch | spanjool | Spaniard |
| 4 | French | espagnol | Spanish, from or otherwise related to Spain, its... |
| 5 | Middle French | espaignol | Spanish |
| 6 | Old French | espagneul | — |
| 7 | Old Occitan | espaignol | Spanish |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | Hispaniolus | Spanish; of Spain; Of Spain |
| 9 | Latin | Hispānus | Spaniard |
| 10 | Latin | Hispānia | — |
| 11 | Punic | אי שפן | coast of hyraxes |