Where does “sparsification” come from?

sparsification (English) comes from English sparse, from Latin sparsus, from Latin spargo, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰ- — to scatter, to jerk.

sparsification (English): The act of making something more sparse,...

Definitions

  1. The act of making something more sparse,...

Ancestry of “sparsification”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsparseHaving widely spaced intervals; Not dense;...
2Latinsparsusscattered, strewn, sprinkled; spotted, freckled
3LatinspargoI scatter, strew, sprinkle
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pregʰ-to scatter, to jerk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰ- →Every word from Latin spargo →Every word from Latin sparsus →