Where does “insperse” come from?
insperse (English) comes from Latin inspersus, from Latin inspergo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
insperse (English): To sprinkle; to scatter
Ancestry of “insperse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | inspersus | sprinkled or scattered into or upon |
| 2 | Latin | inspergo | I sprinkle or scatter into or upon |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |