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Where does “esplein” come from?

esplein (Old French) comes from Latin splēn, from Ancient Greek σπλήν, from Ancient Greek σπληχ-.

Ancestry of “esplein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsplēn—
2Ancient Greekσπλήνmilt, spleen
3Ancient Greekσπληχ-—

Words derived from “esplein”

  • spleen
  • splenetic
  • spleenwort
  • spleenful
  • spleeny
  • splenetically
  • spleenish
  • spleenfully
  • spleened
  • unspleened
  • antisplenetic
  • spleenlike
  • spleen
  • splene
  • splen
  • splin
Every word from Ancient Greek σπληχ- →