English
squirt
Squirt comes from Middle English squirten ‘to spit water from the mouth’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500squirten‘to spit water from the mouth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1692squirt
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500squirten‘to spit water from the mouth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1692squirt
Earliest quotation: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name : “he'll be ready to squirt his Wits at his…”
Every English word from Middle English squirten
Today it means
noun An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English squirten / squirt