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)

  1. Spanish

Noun

espaignol m (uncountable)

  1. Spanish

Descendants

References
  1. “spaniel” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Old Occitan

Alternative forms
  • espainol, espanol

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *Hispaniolus, from Latin hispānus, from Hispania.

Adjective

espaignol

  1. Spanish

Noun

espaignol

  1. Spanish

Descendants
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