Words that come from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰ-

152 words across 11 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰ- — including sparse, dispersal, disperse, sparsely, dispersing, dispersive, aspersion, sparseness.

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English (66)

Latin (48)

Italian (16)

French (6)

Spanish (4)

Romanian (4)

Middle French (2)

Old French (2)

German (2)

Aromanian (1)

Galician (1)