Etymology

peninsular

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas. Full definition →

Latin paenīnsulāris ← Spanish peninsular
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frompeninsular
  2. Latin · learned borrowing frompaenīnsulāris
  3. English todaypeninsular

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.

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