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Where does “Araña” come from?

Araña (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish aranna, from Latin arānea, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη — spider; a spider's web.

Ancestry of “Araña”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanisharannaspider
2Latinarānea—
3Ancient Greekἀράχνηspider; a spider's web
Every word from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη →