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Where does “unspurious” come from?

unspurious (English) comes from English spurious, from Latin Spurius, from Latin spurius, from Proto-Indo-European sper- — to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

unspurious (English): Not spurious

Definitions

  1. Not spurious

Ancestry of “unspurious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspuriousFalse, not authentic, not genuine; Extraneous;...
2LatinSpurius—
3Latinspuriusof illegitimate birth; false, spurious
4Proto-Indo-Europeansper-to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...
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