Etymology

spurt

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Today it means: To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet. Full definition →

Middle English sprytten ← Old English spryttan ← Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan
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spurt · verb, noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)per-“to strew, sow, sprinkle”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*spruttjan
  3. Old English · inherited fromspryttan
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsprytten
  5. English todayspurt

From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprytten, from Old English spryttan, from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).

spurt · noun, verb2

Uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*(s)per- all →

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