From Latin Hispānus (“Hispanic; Spanish”) < Hispānia, with diminutive -olus.
*Hispāniolus (feminine *Hispāniola, neuter *Hispāniolum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
First/second declension.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | *ẹspaniǫ́lọs | *ẹspaniǫ́la | *ẹspaniǫ́lọ | *ẹspaniǫ́li | *ẹspaniǫ́lę | *ẹspaniǫ́la | |
genitive | *ẹspaniǫ́li | *ẹspaniǫ́lę | *ẹspaniǫ́li | *ẹspaniǫlọ́rọ | *ẹspaniǫlárọ | *ẹspaniǫlọ́rọ | |
dative | *ẹspaniǫ́lọ | *ẹspaniǫ́lę | *ẹspaniǫ́lọ | *ẹspaniǫ́lis | *ẹspaniǫ́lis | *ẹspaniǫ́lis | |
accusative-ablative | *ẹspaniǫ́lọ | *ẹspaniǫ́lã | *ẹspaniǫ́lọ | *ẹspaniǫ́lọs | *ẹspaniǫ́las | *ẹspaniǫ́la |