Where does “spân” come from?

spân (Romanian) comes from Ancient Greek σπανός, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

spân (Romanian): hairless, glabrous; unable to grow facial hair

Definitions

  1. hairless, glabrous; unable to grow facial hair

Ancestry of “spân”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσπανόςrare, sparse
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “spân”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek σπανός →