Etymograph

English

Sancho

Sancho comes from Basque Santxo.

  1. BasquemodernSantxo
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentSancho
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1895same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. BasquemodernSantxo
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentSancho
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1895same form

Earliest quotation: 1895, R. D. Blackmore, Dodd: “It was my privilege to accompany this hero, as…”

Today it means

name A male given name from Spanish.

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

Etymograph / Basque Santxo / Sancho