myEtymology.com: English etymology of spacong

Etymology of the English word spacong

the English word spacong

derived from the English word space

derived from the Old French word espace

derived 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 *petə-