Etymology

spruit

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Today it means: A small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer. Full definition →

Afrikaans spruit
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  1. Afrikaans · borrowed fromspruit
  2. English todayspruit

From Afrikaans spruit. Doublet of sprout.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.