`Sancho' < Sanctius; Panza < lat. pantex

[Javier Martinez]

LT wrote

> at a Basque name, though not necessarily one of ultimately Basque
> origin.  This name is totally opaque in Basque, and I am aware of no
> plausible etymology for it.

< lat.  Sanctius?

> I gather that the name is no longer conferred.  However, <Pantxo> or
> <Pantxoa> is still a vernacular form of <Francois> in the French Basque
> Country,

Pancho belongs like Paco or Curro to Francisco, like Pepe to Jose.  But Sancho
Panza has his name because his potbelly, viz. Panza < lat. "pantex"

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