Where does “shpretkë” come from?
shpretkë (Albanian) comes from Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splēn, from Ancient Greek σπλήν, from Ancient Greek σπληχ-.
shpretkë (Albanian): spleen
Ancestry of “shpretkë”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | spleneticus | affected with spleen; splenetic |
| 2 | Latin | splēn | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σπλήν | milt, spleen |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σπληχ- | — |