spella
Maltese
/ˈspɛl.la/
verb
Definitions
- to spell write a word in a particular combination of letters, name these letters
Etymology
Borrowed from English spell (story, talk, relieve, discourse, a turn, tale, span of time, saying, play) derived from Old French espeler derived from Frankish *spellon derived from Proto-Germanic *spellōną (speak).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*spellōną
Gloss
speak
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bespell English
- byspel English
- counterspell English
- enspell English
- fingerspell English
- forespell English
- gospel English
- misspell English
- outspell English
- overspell English
- respell English
- spell English
- spellable English
- spellathon English
- spellbind English
- spellbinder English
- spellbinding English
- spellbook English
- spellbound English
- spellcaster English
- spellcasting English
- spellcraft English
- spelldown English
- speller English
- spellfire English
- spellful English
- spelling English
- spellken English
- spellmaker English
- spellmaking English
- spello English
- spellout English
- spellthief English
- spellweaver English
- spellwork English
- spelt English
- unspell English
- épeler French
- *spellōną Proto-Germanic
- スペル Japanese
- spellian Old English
- spell Middle English
- spjalla Old Norse
- espeler Old French
- espelar Ido
- 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- *spellon Old Dutch
- *spellon Frankish
- *spelôn Frankish