The story
- Latin · derived frommespilum“medlar”
- Spanish · borrowed fromníspero“medlar, loquat”
- English todaynispero
From Spanish níspero (“medlar, loquat”), from Latin mespilum (“medlar”).
Words from the same roots
Spanishníspero all →
naseberry
Latinmespilum all →
mespilus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.