English
Spa
Spa comes from Walloon espa ‘fountain, spring’.
- Walloonmodernespa‘fountain, spring’
- EnglishtodaySpa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Walloonmodernespa‘fountain, spring’
- EnglishtodaySpa
The story
The town name is from Walloon espa (‘fountain, spring’), which could be from Latin spargere (‘to spread, scatter’) or spatium (‘free space’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *spregʰ-
through Latin spargō ‘to spread, scatter’
Today it means
name A city in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Walloon espa / Spa