Where does “spontan” come from?
spontan (German) comes from Latin spontāneus, from Latin -āneus, from Latin -eus, from Proto-Italic *-eos.
spontan (German): spontaneous
Ancestry of “spontan”, 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 “spontan”