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

  1. Relating to speech; Speaking in a specified way;...

Ancestry of “spoken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspokeA support structure that connects the axle or the...
2Middle EnglishspokeA spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge...
3Old Englishspācaspoke
4Proto-West Germanic*spaikāspoke
5Proto-Germanicspaikōspoke

Words derived from “spoken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic spaikō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā →Every word from Old English spāca →