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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
spleen, milt
2
Ancient Greek
σπλήν
milt, spleen
3
Ancient Greek
σπληχ-
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Words derived from “espleen”
spleen
spleenwort
spleenful
spleeny
spleenish
spleenfully
spleened
splene
splen
unspleened
spleen
spleenlike
splin
spleno
antispleen
esplín
spleen
spleenishly
spleenishness
Every word from Ancient Greek σπληχ- →
Every word from Ancient Greek σπλήν →
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