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Where does “spado” come from?

spado (English) comes from Latin spadō, from Ancient Greek σπάδων, from Ancient Greek -ών, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.

spado (English): Someone who has been castrated; a eunuch or...

Definitions

  1. Someone who has been castrated; a eunuch or...

Ancestry of “spado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspadō—
2Ancient Greekσπάδωνeunuch
3Ancient Greek-ώνforms words for places
4Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
5Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
6Hungarianönyou
7Hungarianön-self-
8Turkishönfront
9Ottoman Turkishاوك—
10Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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