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Where does “Split” come from?

Split (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian Spalato, from Latin Spalatum, from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος, from Ancient Greek Ἀσπάλαθος, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάλαθος — name of several types of thornbush.

Ancestry of “Split”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianSpalato—
2LatinSpalatum—
3Ancient GreekΣπάλαθος—
4Ancient GreekἈσπάλαθος—
5Ancient Greekἀσπάλαθοςname of several types of thornbush

Words derived from “Split”

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