Etymology Explorer
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Where does “speten” come from?
speten (Middle English) comes from Old English spǣtan, from Proto-Indo-European sp(y)ēw.
Ancestry of “speten”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old English
spǣtan
to spit; to squirt
2
Proto-Indo-European
sp(y)ēw
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Words derived from “speten”
spet
spet
speate
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