Where does “hispanizar” come from?

hispanizar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese hispano, from Latin Hispānus, from Latin Hispānia, from Punic אי שפן — coast of hyraxes.

hispanizar (Portuguese): to Hispanicize to make Spanish in character

Definitions

  1. to Hispanicize to make Spanish in character

Ancestry of “hispanizar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesehispano—
2LatinHispānusSpaniard
3LatinHispānia—
4Punicאי שפןcoast of hyraxes
Every word from Punic אי שפן →Every word from Latin Hispānia →Every word from Latin Hispānus →