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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

  1. folding screen

Ancestry of “spanyolfal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianspanyolSpanish; Spaniard
2MalaySepanyolSpanish
3DutchspanjoolSpaniard
4FrenchespagnolSpanish, from or otherwise related to Spain, its...
5Middle FrenchespaignolSpanish
6Old Frenchespagneul—
7Old OccitanespaignolSpanish
8Vulgar LatinHispaniolusSpanish; of Spain; Of Spain
9LatinHispānus—
10LatinHispānia—
11Punicאי שפןcoast of hyraxes
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