English
spreagh
Spreagh comes from Scottish Gaelic sprèidh ‘cattle’, and goes back to Latin praeda ‘plunder, booty’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeda‘plunder, booty’
- Middle Irishc. 900–1200spréid‘cattle, wealth’
- Scottish Gaelicmodernsprèidh‘cattle’
- Englishtodayspreagh
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeda‘plunder, booty’
- Middle Irishc. 900–1200spréid‘cattle, wealth’
- Scottish Gaelicmodernsprèidh‘cattle’
- Englishtodayspreagh
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‘to find’
yet, guess, prison, surprise, prize, comprehensive, comprise, apprentice, comprehend, comprehension, apprehension, apprehensive, reprehensible, apprehend, reprieve, beget, impregnable, impresario, prehensile, 31 more
through Latin praeda ‘plunder, booty’
Today it means
noun Plunder, especially cattle taken as booty.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin praeda / spreagh