English
dispersion
Dispersion comes from Latin dispersiō ‘scattering, dispersion’, and goes back to spargō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEspargō‘to scatter, strew, sprinkle, sparkle’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdispergō‘to scatter (about) or disperse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdispersiō‘scattering, dispersion’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400dispersion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dispersioun
- Englishtodaydispersion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEspargō‘to scatter, strew, sprinkle, sparkle’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdispergō‘to scatter (about) or disperse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdispersiō‘scattering, dispersion’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400dispersion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dispersioun
- Englishtodaydispersion
Formed from disperse + -ion
Latin spargō ‘to scatter’
Latin dispergō ‘to scatter abroad, disperse’
Latin dispersus ‘scattered (about), dispersed’
Middle French disperser
English disperse
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *spregʰ-
Today it means
noun The state of being dispersed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin spargō / dispersion