Where does “espaule” come from?

espaule (Middle French) comes from Old French espalle, from Vulgar Latin spatla, from Latin spatula, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.

espaule (Middle French): shoulder

Definitions

  1. shoulder

Ancestry of “espaule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchespalleshoulder
2Vulgar Latinspatla—
3Latinspatulaa broad, flat piece; a little palm frond; a...
4Latinspathaspatula, spattle; spatha; a long, two-edged,...
5Ancient Greekσπάθηany broad blade, of wood or metal
6Proto-Indo-Europeansph₂-dʰ-—

Words derived from “espaule”

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