Where does “franco-español” come from?
franco-español (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.
franco-español (Spanish): Franco-Spanish
Ancestry of “franco-español”, step by step