The story
- Latin · derived fromsputum“that which is spit out, spittle”
- English todaysputum
From New Latin, from Latin sputum (“that which is spit out, spittle”), from spuere (“to spit”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sputum
Today it means: Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus. Full definition →
Latin sputum