Etymograph

English

Ibiza

Ibiza comes from Spanish Ibiza, and goes back to Phoenician 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤌.

  1. Phoenicianmodern𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤌ʾybšm
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEEbusus
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentيَابِسَةyābisa
  4. Catalanc. 1500–presentEivissa
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentIbiza
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2014same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Phoenicianmodern𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤌ʾybšm
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEEbusus
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentيَابِسَةyābisa
  4. Catalanc. 1500–presentEivissa
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentIbiza
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2014same form

Earliest quotation: 2014: “Yet many people, their egalitarian instincts activated, have shown…”

Today it means

name An island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Phoenician 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤌 / Ibiza