Where does “spásáil” come from?

spásáil (Irish) comes from Irish spás, from Middle Irish spás, from Middle English space, from Old French espace, from Latin spatium, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

spásáil (Irish): space; verbal noun of spásáil; spacing

Definitions

  1. space; verbal noun of spásáil; spacing

Ancestry of “spásáil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishspásspace
2Middle Irishspás—
3Middle Englishspace—
4Old Frenchespacespace; room; duration
5LatinspatiumSpace, room, extent; Distance between points; A...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁-to succeed, to prosper
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “spásáil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁- →Every word from Latin spatium →