Where does “spelonque” come from?

spelonque (Old French) comes from Italian spelonca, from Latin spēlunca, from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ, from Ancient Greek σπέος — cave, cavern, grotto.

Ancestry of “spelonque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspeloncacave, cavern; hovel
2Latinspēluncacave; cavern; chasm
3Ancient Greekσπῆλυγξcave
4Ancient Greekσπέοςcave, cavern, grotto

Words derived from “spelonque”

Every word from Ancient Greek σπέος →Every word from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ →Every word from Latin spēlunca →