Where does “spondee” come from?

spondee (Finnish) 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.

spondee (Finnish): A spondee

Definitions

A spondee

Ancestry of “spondee”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	spondée	—
2	Latin	spondēus	spondee
3	Ancient Greek	σπονδεῖος	spondee; associated with a libation
4	Ancient Greek	σπονδή	libation, drink-offering; treaty, truce
5	Ancient Greek	-ή	suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
6	Ancient Greek	-ᾱ	nominal suffix
7	Proto-Indo-European	-éh₂	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →