Etymology

sparge

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Today it means: To sprinkle or spray. Full definition →

Middle French espargier ← Latin spargō ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)pregʰ-“to scatter, to jerk”
  2. Latin · derived fromspargō
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromespargier
  4. English todaysparge

Borrowed from Middle French espargier, from Latin spargō (whence English sparse), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”).

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