Where does “spadon” come from?

spadon (Romanian) comes from Italian spadone, from Italian spada, from Italian spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.

spadon (Romanian): swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Definitions

  1. swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Ancestry of “spadon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspadoneeunuch; longsword; plural of spadona
2Italianspadasword; épée; spades
3Italianspataspathe
4Latinspathaspatula, spattle; spatha; a long, two-edged,...
5Ancient Greekσπάθηany broad blade, of wood or metal
6Proto-Indo-Europeansph₂-dʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ- →