Where does “スペイン異端審問” come from?

スペイン異端審問 (Japanese) comes from Japanese スペイン, from English Spain, from Middle English Spayne, from Old French Espaigne, from Old English Ispania, from Late Latin Spania, from Latin Hispānia, from Punic אי שפן — coast of hyraxes.

スペイン異端審問 (Japanese): the Spanish Inquisition

Definitions

  1. the Spanish Inquisition

Ancestry of “スペイン異端審問”, step by step

スペイン異端審問 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese スペイン

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseスペインSpain
2EnglishSpainfor someone with Spanish ancestry
3Middle EnglishSpayneSpain; the Iberian Peninsula, especially Castile
4Old FrenchEspaigneIberia, the Iberian Peninsula; modern day Spain and Portugal
5Old EnglishIspaniathe Iberian Peninsula
6Late LatinSpania
7LatinHispānia
8Punicאי שפןcoast of hyraxes

via Japanese 異端審問

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese異端審問the Inquisition
2Japanese異端heretic, illegitimate, heterodox
Every word from Punic אי שפןEvery word from Latin HispāniaEvery word from Late Latin Spania
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