Words that come from Ancient Greek “σπασμός”

64 words across 15 languages descend from Ancient Greek σπασμός — including spasm, spasmodic, vasospasm, spasmodically, bronchospasm, antispasmodic, laryngospasm, blepharospasm.

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English (26)

Italian (13)

French (6)

Latin (4)

Greek (3)

Spanish (2)

Portuguese (2)

Ancient Greek (1)

Galician (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Old French (1)

Middle English (1)

New Latin (1)

Late Latin (1)