Where does “spada” come from?

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

spada (Italian): sword; épée; spades

Definitions

  1. sword; épée; spades

Ancestry of “spada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspataspathe
2Latinspathaspatula, spattle; spatha; a long, two-edged,...
3Ancient Greekσπάθηany broad blade, of wood or metal
4Proto-Indo-Europeansph₂-dʰ-—

Words derived from “spada”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ- →