Where does “spelonca” come from?

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

spelonca (Italian): cave, cavern; hovel

Definitions

  1. cave, cavern; hovel

Ancestry of “spelonca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspēluncacave; cavern; chasm
2Ancient Greekσπῆλυγξcave
3Ancient Greekσπέοςcave, cavern, grotto

Words derived from “spelonca”

Every word from Ancient Greek σπέος →Every word from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ →Every word from Latin spēlunca →