Etymograph

English

sprout

Sprout comes from Middle English sproute.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sproute
  2. Englishtodaysprout

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sproute
  2. Englishtodaysprout

Every English word from Middle English sproute

Another origin of sprout

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sper-‘to strew’uncertain
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*spreutaną‘to sprout’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*spreutan‘to sprout, to emerge’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sprūtan‘to sprout’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sprouten
  6. Englishtodaysprout

Today it means

noun A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

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

Etymograph / Middle English sproute / sprout

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