Etymology of the English word spacewalk
the English word
spacewalkderived from the English word
spacederived from the Old French word
espacederived from the Latin word
spatium (interval, time, extent; race course, lap, circuit; space; area, expanse)
derived from the Latin word
patere (stand open, be open; extend)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*petÉ™-derived from the English word
walkderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wel-Usage
Word found in Modern English