Editing Spanish language (section)

===Etymology===
The term {{lang|es|castellano}} is related to [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] ({{lang|es|Castilla}} or archaically {{lang|osp|Castiella}}), the kingdom where the language was originally spoken. The name ''Castile'', in turn, is usually assumed to be derived from {{lang|es|castillo}} ('castle').

In the [[Middle Ages]], the language spoken in Castile was generically referred to as {{lang|es|Romance}} and later also as {{lang|es|Lengua vulgar}}.<ref name="espania" /> Later in the period, it gained geographical specification as {{lang|es|Romance castellano}} ({{Lang|es|romanz castellano}}, {{Lang|es|romanz de Castiella}}), {{Lang|es|lenguaje de Castiella}}, and ultimately simply as {{lang|es|castellano}} (noun).<ref name="espania">{{Cite journal|title=De nuevo sobre los nombres medievales de la lengua de Castilla|first=Rafael|last=Cano Aguilar|doi=10.4000/e-spania.22518|journal=E-Spania|year=2013|volume=15 |issue=15|doi-access=free| issn = 1951-6169}}</ref>

Different etymologies have been suggested for the term {{lang|es|español}} (Spanish). According to the Royal Spanish Academy, {{lang|es|español}} derives from the [[Occitan language|Occitan]] word {{Lang|oc|espaignol}} and that, in turn, derives from the [[Vulgar Latin]] *{{lang|la|hispaniolus}} ('of Hispania').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dle.rae.es/?id=GUSX1EQ |title=español, la |work=Diccionario de la lengua española |publisher=Real Academia Espańola |access-date=13 July 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=24 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424193620/http://dle.rae.es/?id=GUSX1EQ}}</ref> [[Hispania]] was the Roman name for the entire [[Iberian Peninsula]].

There are other hypotheses apart from the one suggested by the Royal Spanish Academy. Spanish philologist [[Ramón Menéndez Pidal]] suggested that the classic {{lang|la|hispanus}} or {{lang|la|hispanicus}} took the suffix {{Lang|la|-one}} from [[Vulgar Latin]], as happened with other words such as {{lang|es|bretón}} (Breton) or {{lang|es|sajón}} (Saxon).