Where does “spot” come from?

spot (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch spot, from Proto-Germanic sputtaz.

spot (Middle Dutch): joke, jest; mockery, derision

Definitions

  1. joke, jest; mockery, derision

Ancestry of “spot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchspot—
2Proto-Germanicsputtaz—

Words derived from “spot”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sputtaz →Every word from Old Dutch spot →