Where does “spoken” come from?
Spoken comes from Old English specan and sprecan, from Proto-Germanic sprekaną, ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root (s)per- meaning to spread or scatter.
spoken (English): Relating to speech; Speaking in a specified way;...
Definitions
- Relating to speech; Speaking in a specified way;...
Ancestry of “spoken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | spoke | A support structure that connects the axle or the... |
| 2 | Middle English | spoke | A spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge... |
| 3 | Old English | spāca | spoke |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *spaikā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spaikō | — |
Words derived from “spoken”