Where does “spatie” come from?

spatie (Romanian) comes from Greek σπαθί, from Byzantine Greek σπαθίν, from Ancient Greek σπαθίον, from Ancient Greek σπάθη, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.

spatie (Romanian): clubs

Definitions

  1. clubs

Ancestry of “spatie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekσπαθίsword; club
2Byzantine Greekσπαθίν
3Ancient Greekσπαθίον
4Ancient Greekσπάθηany broad blade, of wood or metal
5Proto-Indo-Europeansph₂-dʰ-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-Every word from Ancient Greek σπάθηEvery word from Ancient Greek σπαθίον