Ancient Greek

σπάω

‘to draw’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek σπάω.

7 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek σπάω, most familiar first.

• spasm ← spasme ← spasme ← spasmus ← σπασμός
• spasmodic ← spasmōdicus ← σπασμώδης ← σπασμός
• epispadias ← ἐπισπαδίας
• epispasm ← ἐπισπάω
• pasma ← pasmar ← *pasmus ← spasmus ← σπασμός
• spanophilia ← σπᾰνός ← σπάνις
• spanaemia ← σπᾰνός ← σπάνις

Etymograph / Ancient Greek σπάω