Where does “spēlunca” come from?

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

spēlunca (Latin): cave; cavern; chasm

Definitions

  1. cave; cavern; chasm

Ancestry of “spēlunca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσπῆλυγξcave
2Ancient Greekσπέοςcave, cavern, grotto

Words derived from “spēlunca”

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