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Where does “σπάνιος” come from?

σπάνιος (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek σπάνιος — rare, uncommon; scarce, scanty.

σπάνιος (Greek): rare, exceptional, infrequent

Definitions

  1. rare, exceptional, infrequent

Ancestry of “σπάνιος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσπάνιοςrare, uncommon; scarce, scanty
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