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Where does “spekke” come from?

spekke (Middle English) comes from Old English specca — small spot, stain.

spekke (Middle English): A splotch or stain; a mark or zone of aberrant...

Definitions

  1. A splotch or stain; a mark or zone of aberrant...

Ancestry of “spekke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspeccasmall spot, stain

Words derived from “spekke”

  • speck
  • specks
  • specked
  • speckless
  • specksioneer
  • flyspeck
  • flyspecked
  • specky
  • specklike
  • flyspecking
  • speckiness
  • speckyd
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