Where does “sponton” come from?
sponton (Middle French) comes from Italian spontone, from Italian spunta, from Latin expunctum — accusative supine of expungō.
Ancestry of “sponton”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | spontone | — |
| 2 | Italian | spunta | check, audit; tick; third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | expunctum | accusative supine of expungō |
Words derived from “sponton”