Where does “spadaio” come from?

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

spadaio (Italian): sword maker

Definitions

  1. sword maker

Ancestry of “spadaio”, step by step

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