English
Escorial
Escorial comes from Spanish Escorial.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentEscorial
- Englishearliest quotation 1992same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Spanishc. 1500–presentEscorial
- Englishearliest quotation 1992same form
Earliest quotation: 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America: “The discovery of gold in Brazil fired the religious…”
Every English word from Spanish Escorial
Today it means
name El Escorial, a royal palace in Madrid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Escorial / Escorial