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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishspaddle
2EnglishspadeA garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for...
3Italianspadeplural of spada
4Italianspataspathe
5Latinspathaspatula, spattle; spatha; a long, two-edged,...
6Ancient Greekσπάθηany broad blade, of wood or metal
7Proto-Indo-Europeansph₂-dʰ-

Words derived from “padela

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-Every word from Ancient Greek σπάθηEvery word from Latin spatha