Etymology

Seville

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Today it means: The capital city of Andalusia, Spain. Full definition →

Spanish Sevilla ← Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة ← Latin Hispalis
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The story

  1. Phoenician · derived from𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄“plain, valley”
  2. Latin · derived fromHispalis
  3. Arabic · derived fromإِشْبِيلِيَة
  4. Spanish · derived fromSevilla
  5. English todaySeville

From Spanish Sevilla (possibly through a Middle French form), from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “plain, valley”). Compare Hebrew שפלה (shfela, “lowland”), Arabic سافل (safil, “lowly”). Doublet of Sevilla.

Words from the same roots

SpanishSevilla all →

Sevilla

Arabicإِشْبِيلِيَة all →

Ishbiliya

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.