Where does “zaguán” come from?
zaguán (Spanish) comes from Andalusian Arabic إِسْطِوَان, from Arabic أُسْطُوَانَة, from Aramaic אִיסְטְוָונָא, from Pahlavi stūn, from Old Persian 𐎿𐎬𐎢𐎴𐎠, from Proto-Iranian stuHnáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian stʰuHnáH, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂-uh₂-néh₂ — to stand.
zaguán (Spanish): vestibule; front hall or entryway; foyer
Definitions
- vestibule; front hall or entryway; foyer
Ancestry of “zaguán”, step by step