Where does “spaniolesc” come from?
spaniolesc (Romanian) comes from Romanian spaniol, 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.
Ancestry of “spaniolesc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | spaniol | Spanish; a Spanish man; 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 |