Where does “asperge” come from?
asperge (English) comes from Latin aspergo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
asperge (English): To sprinkle; An aspergillum
Definitions
- To sprinkle; An aspergillum
Ancestry of “asperge”, step by step
asperge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin aspergo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | aspergo | I scatter or strew something or someone; I... |
| 2 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English aspergillum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aspergillum | An implement, in the form of a brush, or of a rod... |
| 2 | Ecclesiastical Latin | aspergillum | — |