Etymology

asperge

A1S1P3E1R1G2E1

Today it means: To sprinkle. Full definition →

Latin aspergō
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

asperge · verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromaspergō
  2. English todayasperge

From Latin aspergō (compare aspersion from the same verb).

asperge · noun2

Clipping of aspergillum.

Words from the same roots

Latinaspergō all →

aspergerasperges

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.