The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσπάω“I draw, pull”
- Late Latin · derived fromspagyricus
- English todayspagyric
From Late Latin spagyricus, from Ancient Greek σπάω (spáō, “I draw, pull”) + ἀγείρω (ageírō, “I assemble”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.