Words that come from Ancient Greek σπόγγος

82 words across 35 languages descend from Ancient Greek σπόγγος — including sponge, spongy, sponging, spongiform, sponger, spongelike, sponginess, spongin.

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English (32)

Italian (4)

Latin (3)

French (3)

Hebrew (3)

Spanish (3)

Ancient Greek (2)

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Urdu (1)

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Hungarian (1)

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Armenian (1)

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Indonesian (1)

Romanian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old Armenian (1)

Old English (1)

Pashto (1)

Persian (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Leonese (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Old French (1)

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