Etymology

sprout

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Today it means: A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts. Full definition →

Middle English sproute ← Middle Dutch sprute ← Middle Low German sprûte
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sprout · noun1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*spreutan
  2. Middle Low German · derived fromsprûte“sprout”
  3. Middle Dutch · derived fromsprute
  4. Middle English · derived fromsprouten“to sprout”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromsproute
  6. English todaysprout

From Middle English sproute, either from Middle English sprouten (“to sprout”) (see below); or from Middle Dutch sprute or Middle Low German sprûte (“sprout”), all related to Proto-West Germanic *spreutan. Doublet of spruit.

sprout · verb2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*spreutaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*spreutan
  3. Old English · inherited fromsprūtan
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsprouten
  5. English todaysprout

From Middle English sprouten, spruten, from Old English sprūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *spreutan, from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną.

Sprout · proper noun3

* As a Dutch surname, from spruit (“sprout, shoot”) * As an English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Sprott

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