Etymology

ispán

Today it means: The leader of a castle district or county in the Kingdom of Hungary from the early 11th century. Full definition →

Hungarian ispán ← Slavic
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  1. Slavic · derived from
  2. Hungarian · borrowed fromispán
  3. English todayispán

Borrowed from Hungarian ispán, from a Slavic language.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.