Where does “espaigneul” come from?
espaigneul (Old French) comes from Old Occitan espaignol, from Vulgar Latin Hispaniolus, from Latin Hispānus, from Latin Hispānia, from Punic אי שפן — coast of hyraxes.
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Words derived from “espaigneul”