Where does “spade” come from?

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

spade (Italian): plural of spada

Definitions

  1. plural of spada

Ancestry of “spade”, 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 “spade”

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