The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσποραδικός
- Medieval Latin · derived fromsporadicus
- English todaysporadic
From Medieval Latin sporadicus (whence also French sporadique, Italian sporadico, Spanish esporádico), from Ancient Greek σποραδικός (sporadikós), from σποράς (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), from σπορά (sporá), σπόρος (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.