Etymology

aspron

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Ancient Greek ἄσπρον ← Latin asper
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromasper“rough, newly minted”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄσπρον
  3. English todayaspron

Ancient Greek ἄσπρον (áspron), the neuter of ἄσπρος (áspros, “white”), from Latin asper (“rough, newly minted”)

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄσπρον all →

Latinasper all →

asperasperous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.