Where does “espanglés” come from?
espanglés (Spanish) comes from Spanish español, from Old Spanish espanyol, from Old Occitan espaignol, from Vulgar Latin Hispaniolus, from Latin Hispānus, from Latin Hispānia, from Punic אי שפן — coast of hyraxes.
espanglés (Spanish): Spanglish
Definitions
- Spanglish
Ancestry of “espanglés”, step by step
espanglés traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish español
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | español | Spanish; Spaniard; the Spanish language |
| 2 | Old Spanish | espanyol | — |
| 3 | Old Occitan | espaignol | Spanish |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | Hispaniolus | Spanish; of Spain; Of Spain |
| 5 | Latin | Hispānus | Spaniard |
| 6 | Latin | Hispānia | — |
| 7 | Punic | אי שפן | coast of hyraxes |
via Spanish inglés
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | inglés | English; Englishman; The English language |
| 2 | Old French | angleis | — |
| 3 | Old English | Englisċ | of the Angles; of the Angles; English |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |