Etymograph

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Spanish

Spanish comes from Middle English Spanisch.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Spanisch
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1797Spanish

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Spanisch
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1797Spanish

Earliest quotation: 1797, Frederic Reynolds, Reynolds' Plays: “Jack Ar. […] I must come back to father…”

Formed from Spain + -ish

Latin Hispānia

Old French Espaigne

Middle English Spayne

English Spain

The story

Inherited from Middle English Spanisch, either an alteration of Spaynisch after foreign words for "Spain" or "Spanish" such as Old Spanish Espanna, Old Spanish espannol or a partial calque of them; equivalent to Spain + -ish.

Every English word from Middle English Spanisch

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to Spain.

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

Etymograph / Middle English Spanisch / Spanish

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