Where does “speck” come from?

Speck comes from Middle English spekke, from Old English specca, from Old English spic, from Proto-Germanic spikką, from Proto-Indo-European spēy-.

speck (English): A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc; A very small...

Definitions

  1. A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc; A very small...

Ancestry of “speck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishspekkeA splotch or stain; a mark or zone of aberrant...
2Old Englishspeccasmall spot, stain

Words derived from “speck”

Every word from Old English specca →Every word from Middle English spekke →