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Where does “splot” come from?

splot (Middle English) comes from Old English splott, from Proto-Germanic spluttaz, from Proto-Indo-European splt-no-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Ancestry of “splot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsplotta plot or parcel of land; a spot
2Proto-Germanicspluttazsegment
3Proto-Indo-Europeansplt-no-an off-split, segment
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “splot”

  • splotch
  • splot
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