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