Where does “spondeo” come from?

spondeo (Italian) comes from Latin spondēus, from Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος, from Ancient Greek σπονδή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

spondeo (Italian): spondee

Definitions

  1. spondee

Ancestry of “spondeo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspondēusspondee
2Ancient Greekσπονδεῖοςspondee; associated with a libation
3Ancient Greekσπονδήlibation, drink-offering; treaty, truce
4Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
5Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →