Origin: 1825–35; < Sp
madrileño, perh. by dissimilation (
d—d >
d—l) from
*madrideño, equiv. to
Madrid Madrid +
-eño suffix of appurtenance (< L
-ignus, -egnus, appar. extracted from adjs. formed with
-n- in which
g was part of the root, e.g.,
larignus of larch,
salignus of willow)
