espaignol

See also: Espaignol

Middle French

Alternative forms

• espagnol, hespagnol, hespaignol

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

• French: espagnol
  • → Romanian: spaniol (along with Italian spagnolo)

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “spaniel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• espainol, espanol

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *Hispaniolus, from Latin Hispānus, from Hispania. Compare Catalan espanyol.

Adjective

espaignol

1. Spanish

Noun

espaignol

1. Spanish

Descendants

• → Aragonese: espanyol
• → Asturian: español
• Catalan: espanyol
• → Corsican: spagnolu
• → (probably) Italian: spagnolo, spagnuolo (dated or literary)
  • → Romanian: spaniol (along with French espagnol)
• → Mirandese: spanhol
• Occitan: espanhòl
• → Old French: espagneul, espaigneul
  • → English: spaniel
  • Middle French: espaignol
    • French: espagnol
      • → Romanian: spaniol (along with Italian spagnolo)
    • French: épagneul
      • → Italian: épagneul
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: espanhol
  • Fala: español
  • Galician: español
  • Portuguese: espanhol
• → Sicilian: spagnolu
• → Spanish: español
  • → Kari'na: sipanijoro
  • → English: Hispaniola (from the feminine española)
  • → Hawaiian: Paniolo
    • ⇒ Hawaiian: paniolo
      • → English: paniolo
  • → Pemon: españoro, sipañoro
  • → Ye'kwana: jañudu