The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσπογγιά
- Latin · derived fromspongia
- Old English · inherited fromspunge
- Middle English · inherited fromsponge
- English todaysponge
From Middle English sponge, from Old English spunge, taken from Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), from σπόγγος (spóngos). Displaced native Old English swamm (“fungus, sponge”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσπογγιά all →
spongio-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.