Where does “padela” come from?
padela (Medieval Latin) comes from Middle English spaddle, from English spade, from Italian spade, from Italian spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.
Ancestry of “padela”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | spaddle | — |
| 2 | English | spade | A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for... |
| 3 | Italian | spade | plural of spada |
| 4 | Italian | spata | spathe |
| 5 | Latin | spatha | spatula, spattle; spatha; a long, two-edged,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σπάθη | any broad blade, of wood or metal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sph₂-dʰ- | — |
Words derived from “padela”