The story
- Old Englishspærstān
- Middle Englishsparston
- English todaysparstone
From Middle English sparston, from Old English spærstān (“gypsum, chalk”). Related to Low German spar (“spar”), German Sparkalk (“plaster”). By surface analysis, spar (“light-colored mineral”) + stone.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishsparston all →
spar
Old Englishspærstān all →
spar
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.