esponja

sponge (marine invertebrate); sponge (piece of porous material for washing); sponge (porous material of sponges); sponge, moocher

“Eſponja, a ſponge, a pumiſe, Spongia, pumex.” — Esponja, a sponge, a pumice, Spongia, pumex.

Inherited from Old Spanish esponja, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin spongia (compare the expected Old Spanish outcome *esponza), from Ancient Greek σπογγῐᾱ́ (spongĭā́), a later form of σπόγγος (spóngos, “sponge”). Doublet of espundia and hongo. Cognate with English sponge.