The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσπάθη“any broad blade of metal or wood”
- English todayspathic
From Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade of metal or wood”). Cognates include spatula.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσπάθη all →
spatulaepeespathspathespatha
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.