Where does “spasmos” come from?

spasmos (Romanian) comes from Romanian spasm, from French spasme, from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός, from Ancient Greek σπάω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peh₂- — to stretch, to pull; to draw; chip, shaving, log,...

spasmos (Romanian): spasmodic

Definitions

  1. spasmodic

Ancestry of “spasmos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianspasmspasm
2Frenchspasmespasm
3Latinspasmusspasm
4Ancient Greekσπασμόςspasm, convulsion
5Ancient Greekσπάωto break; to draw, pull; to draw out, pull out
6Proto-Indo-European(s)peh₂-to stretch, to pull; to draw; chip, shaving, log,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peh₂- →Every word from Ancient Greek σπάω →Every word from Ancient Greek σπασμός →