Where does “espenuca” come from?

espenuca (Galician) comes from Latin spēlunca, from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ, from Ancient Greek σπέος — cave, cavern, grotto.

espenuca (Galician): cave, cavern

Definitions

  1. cave, cavern

Ancestry of “espenuca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspēluncacave; cavern; chasm
2Ancient Greekσπῆλυγξcave
3Ancient Greekσπέοςcave, cavern, grotto
Every word from Ancient Greek σπέος →Every word from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ →Every word from Latin spēlunca →
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