Etymology

sparterie

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French sparterie ← Spanish esparto ← Latin spartum
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσπάρτον“rope, cable”
  2. Latin · derived fromspartum
  3. Spanish · derived fromesparto“esparto”
  4. French · derived fromsparterie
  5. English todaysparterie

French sparterie, from Spanish esparto (“esparto”), Latin spartum from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).

Words from the same roots

Spanishesparto all →

esparto

Latinspartum all →

esparto

Ancient Greekσπάρτον all →

esparto

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.