espaignol
See also: Espaignol
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French espagneul or espaigneul, probably from Old Occitan espaignol, espainol, from a Vulgar Latin *Hispaniolus (“of Spain”), from Latin Hispānus (“Spanish or Hispanic”) with the diminutive suffix -olus.[1]
Adjective
espaignol m (feminine singular espaignole, masculine plural espaignols, feminine plural espaignoles)
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “spaniel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
- espainol, espanol
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin *Hispaniolus, from Latin Hispānus, from Hispania. Compare Catalan espanyol.
Descendants
- → Aragonese: espanyol
- → Asturian: español
- Catalan: espanyol
- → Corsican: spagnolu
- → (probably) Italian: spagnolo, spagnuolo
- → Mirandese: spanhol
- Occitan: espanhòl
- → Old French: espagneul, espaigneul
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: espanhol
- → Sicilian: spagnolu
- → Spanish: español
- → English: Hispaniola (from the feminine española)
- → Hawaiian: Paniolo
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