Latin

spargō

‘to scatter, strew, sprinkle, sparkle’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin spargō.

6 English words in this record descend from Latin spargō, most familiar first.

• disperse ← disperser ← dispersus ← dispergō
• dispersion ← dispersioun ← dispersiō ← dispergō
• sparge ← espargier
• conspersion ← cōnspersiō ← cōnspergō
• disperge ← dispergō
• resperse ← respersus

Etymograph / Latin spargō