Where does “espadon” come from?

espadon (Haitian Creole) comes from French espadon, from Italian spadone, from Italian spada, from Italian spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.

espadon (Haitian Creole): swordfish

Definitions

  1. swordfish

Ancestry of “espadon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchespadonswordfish; espadon
2Italianspadoneeunuch; longsword; plural of spadona
3Italianspadasword; épée; spades
4Italianspataspathe
5Latinspathaspatula, spattle; spatha; a long, two-edged,...
6Ancient Greekσπάθηany broad blade, of wood or metal
7Proto-Indo-Europeansph₂-dʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ- →