SPONGE - word origin?

Question

Where does the word 'sponge' originate? Strange spelling, strange sound!

Answer 1

Middle English, from Old English, from Latin spongia, from Greek spoggos

Even then after looking into the original word spoggos, the information was vague at best.

http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4699

Answer 2

the origin of the word sponge is from the Greek word spongos.

Answer 3

Greek spongi, from spongos It does sound funny when you think about it :)