Where does “espleen” come from?
espleen (Anglo-Norman) comes from Latin splēn, from Ancient Greek σπλήν, from Ancient Greek σπληχ-.
Ancestry of “espleen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | splēn | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σπλήν | milt, spleen |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σπληχ- | — |
Words derived from “espleen”