Where does “Spânu” come from?
Spânu (Romanian) comes from Romanian spân, from Ancient Greek σπανός, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Ancestry of “Spânu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | spân | hairless, glabrous; unable to grow facial hair |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σπανός | rare, sparse |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |