The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσπορά“seed”
- New Latin · borrowed fromspora
- English todayspore
From New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”). Related to English spread).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσπορά all →
sporidium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.