esponge
Middle French
noun
Definitions
- sponge piece of porous material used for washing
Etymology
Inherited from Old French espoinge inherited from Latin *sponga, spongia (sponge) derived from Ancient Greek σπογγιά.
Origin
Ancient Greek
σπογγιά
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sponge English
- *sponga Latin
- spongia Latin
- spongya Hungarian
- spugna Italian
- nanoéponge French
- éponge French
- éponger French
- esponja Spanish, Castilian
- espundia Spanish, Castilian
- σπογγία Ancient Greek
- σπογγιά Ancient Greek
- esponja Portuguese
- spunge Old English
- funke Middle English
- espoinge Old French
- esponja Catalan, Valencian
- esponxa Galician
- spongie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- spânz Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sponge Middle Dutch
- sponc Old Irish
- espunlha Old Portuguese
- spingiu Aromanian
- esponxa Asturian
- sponze Friulian
- esponxa Leonese