Where does “spugna” come from?

spugna (Italian) comes from Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

spugna (Italian): sponge; winesop, wino, drunkard; third-person...

Definitions

  1. sponge; winesop, wino, drunkard; third-person...

Ancestry of “spugna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinspongiaA sponge; pumice, or other things resembling a...
2Ancient Greekσπογγιάsponge
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “spugna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek σπογγιά →