Where does “spazju” come from?

spazju (Maltese) comes from Italian spazio, from Latin spatium, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

spazju (Maltese): space

Definitions

  1. space

Ancestry of “spazju”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspaziospace; room; scope
2LatinspatiumSpace, room, extent; Distance between points; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁-to succeed, to prosper
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁- →Every word from Latin spatium →