The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσπᾰνός“rare, scarce”
- English todayspanaemia
From Ancient Greek σπᾰνός (spănós, “rare, scarce”) + -aemia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσπᾰνός all →
spanophilia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
spanaemia
Today it means: A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient. Full definition →
Ancient Greek σπᾰνός