Where does “スペード” come from?
スペード (Japanese) comes from English spade, from Italian spade, from Italian spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.
スペード (Japanese): spades; a spade
Ancestry of “スペード”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | spade | A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for... |
| 2 | Italian | spade | plural of spada |
| 3 | Italian | spata | spathe |
| 4 | Latin | spatha | spatula, spattle; spatha; a long, two-edged,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σπάθη | any broad blade, of wood or metal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sph₂-dʰ- | — |