Where does “spondæ” come from?

spondæ (Danish) comes from French spondée, from Latin spondēus, from Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος, from Ancient Greek σπονδή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

spondæ (Danish): spondee

Definitions

  1. spondee

Ancestry of “spondæ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchspondée
2Latinspondēusspondee
3Ancient Greekσπονδεῖοςspondee; associated with a libation
4Ancient Greekσπονδήlibation, drink-offering; treaty, truce
5Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

Words derived from “spondæ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ
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