spreath

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1. Latin · derived frompraeda“plunder, spoils; profit; prey”
2. Middle Irish · derived fromspréid“cattle, wealth”
3. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromsprèidh
4. English todayspreath

From Scots, from Scottish Gaelic sprèidh, from Middle Irish spréid (“cattle, wealth”), from Latin praeda (“plunder, spoils; profit; prey”), thus a doublet of prey. Per one hypothesis, also a doublet of spree.

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