Where does “frañol” come from?
frañol (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.
frañol (Spanish): a mix of French and Spanish
Definitions
- a mix of French and Spanish
Ancestry of “frañol”, step by step
frañol 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 francés
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | francés | French; Frenchman, inhabitant of France; the... |
| 2 | Latin | francēnsis | French |
| 3 | Latin | francia | nominative plural of francium; accusative plural... |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |