Etymograph

English

Spock

Spock comes from Dutch Spaak.

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentSpaak
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008Spock

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentSpaak
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008Spock

Earliest quotation: 2008, Sportsman of the Year: Michael Phelps: “Phelps's calorie intake may seem superhuman, and his 6'…”

The story

Anglicized from Dutch Spaak.

Today it means

name An American surname from Dutch.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Dutch Spaak / Spock