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Where does “spozo” come from?

spozo (Esperanto) comes from Ido spozo, from English spouse, from Middle English spous, from Old French espos, from Latin spōnsus, from Latin spondeō, from Proto-Italic spondeō, from Proto-Indo-European spondéyeti — to libate.

spozo (Esperanto): spouse

Definitions

  1. spouse

Ancestry of “spozo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idospozospouse
2EnglishspouseA person in a marriage or marital relationship;...
3Middle Englishspous—
4Old Frenchesposhusband
5Latinspōnsus—
6Latinspondeō—
7Proto-Italicspondeōto promise, to pledge
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspondéyeti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspend-to libate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spend- →