SPATHAM → espada · épée · spada
Italian and Romanian tolerate s + consonant at the start of a word (spada; Romanian spată, now the shoulder blade, while its sword is the loan spadă); Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan prop it up with e-, and French did too before letting the s fall silent — which is why so many French words begin with é where Spanish has es-.
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SPATHAM
‘sword (Latin: broad blade)’
Latin accusative, from Greek; a broad two-edged blade
Latin accusative, from Greek; a broad two-edged blade
Latin accusative, from Greek; a broad two-edged blade
Latin accusative, from Greek; a broad two-edged blade
Latin accusative, from Greek; a broad two-edged blade
Latin accusative, from Greek; a broad two-edged blade
Italian and Romanian tolerate s + consonant at the start of a word (spada; Romanian spată, now the shoulder blade, while its sword is the loan spadă); Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan prop it up with e-, and French did too before letting the s fall silent — which is why so many French words begin with é where Spanish has es-.
Le forme sono scritte in AFI, l’Alfabeto Fonetico Internazionale: un simbolo, un suono. Le sillabe toniche sono segnate con ˈ. Le date sono approssimative e indicate solo dove i manuali concordano. 24 viaggi di parole.