Where does “espee” come from?

espee (Middle French) comes from Old French espee, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.

espee (Middle French): sword

Definitions

  1. sword

Ancestry of “espee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchespeesword
2Latinspathaspatula, spattle; spatha; a long, two-edged,...
3Ancient Greekσπάθηany broad blade, of wood or metal
4Proto-Indo-Europeansph₂-dʰ-

Words derived from “espee

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