The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσπάθη“any broad blade, of wood or metal”
- Latin · borrowed fromspatha
- English todayspatha
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”). Doublet of spade, spathe, and epee.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.