Where does “espelunca” come from?

espelunca (Spanish) comes from Latin spēlunca, from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ, from Ancient Greek σπέος — cave, cavern, grotto.

espelunca (Spanish): cave

Definitions

  1. cave

Ancestry of “espelunca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspēluncacave; cavern; chasm
2Ancient Greekσπῆλυγξcave
3Ancient Greekσπέοςcave, cavern, grotto
Every word from Ancient Greek σπέος →Every word from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ →Every word from Latin spēlunca →