Where does “spontaneous” come from?
Spontaneous comes from Latin spontaneus, formed from sponte with the suffix -anus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -ós.
spontaneous (English): Self-generated; happening without any apparent...
Definitions
- Self-generated; happening without any apparent...
Ancestry of “spontaneous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | spontāneus | — |
| 2 | Latin | -āneus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | — |
Words derived from “spontaneous”