Etymology

spreckle

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Today it means: A speck, spot, speckle; freckle. Full definition →

Middle English sprekle ← Old English sprecel ← Proto-West Germanic *sprekl
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spreckle · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)per-“to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sprekla-
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*sprekl
  4. Old English · inherited fromsprecel
  5. Middle English · inherited fromsprekle
  6. English todayspreckle

From Middle English sprekle, from Old English sprecel, spreccil, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekl, from Proto-Germanic *sprekla-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter”).

spreckle · verb2

  1. Middle English · inherited from*spreklen
  2. English todayspreckle

From Middle English *spreklen (suggested by past participle sprekled), from the noun above.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*(s)per- all →

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