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Re: [romconlang] Re: language names - adverbs?

Carl Edlund Anderson skrev:


It seems to be from prov. 'espaignol'.
Itself ultimatly from a Vulgar Latin "hispaniolus" (< "hispanus" + dim. suffix "-olus"). 

Which, IIRC actually is attested in Vulgar Latin.

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