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Where does “inglés” come from?

inglés (Spanish) comes from Old French angleis, from Old English Englisċ, from Old English -isċ, from Proto-West Germanic -isk, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

inglés (Spanish): English; Englishman; The English language

Definitions

  1. English; Englishman; The English language

Ancestry of “inglés”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchangleis—
2Old EnglishEnglisċof the Angles; of the Angles; English
3Old English-isċ-ish
4Proto-West Germanic-iskCreates adjectives from nouns
5Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
6Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “inglés”

  • inglesa
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