西班牙语是由民间拉丁语演变成的一种派生语言,其渊源可追溯到公元前3世纪罗马帝国统治西班牙时期,正式定型是在公元13世纪.卡斯蒂利亚国王“智者”阿方索十世(公元1252-1284年)把曾受文人学士鄙视的民间拉丁语,即当地方言确立为官方通用的书面语.在漫长的演变过程中,西班牙语曾受到多种外语的影响,其中影响最大的要数阿拉伯语.在现代西语中,阿语成分仅次于拉丁语. Spanish derives from folk Latin as a derivative language dating back to the 3rd century BC Roman Empire ruled Spain during the official stereotypes in the 13th century AD King of Castile the “wise man” Alfonso X. (1252-1284 AD) established the folk Latin, the local dialect, which was once despised by the literati of the literary man, as the official common written language. In the long process of evolution, Spanish was influenced by many foreign languages, of which the influence was greatest Arabic to Arabic. In modern Western languages, Arabic is second only to Latin.