Where does “Spilinga” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Spilinga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspēluncacave; cavern; chasm
2Ancient Greekσπῆλυγξcave
3Ancient Greekσπέοςcave, cavern, grotto
Every word from Ancient Greek σπέοςEvery word from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξEvery word from Latin spēlunca
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