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

Definitions

  1. spleen

Ancestry of “shpretkë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinspleneticusaffected with spleen; splenetic
2Latinsplēnspleen, milt
3Ancient Greekσπλήνmilt, spleen
4Ancient Greekσπληχ-—
Every word from Ancient Greek σπληχ- →Every word from Ancient Greek σπλήν →Every word from Latin splēn →