Where does “espardre” come from?
espardre (Middle French) comes from Old French espardre, from Latin spargō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰ- — to scatter, to jerk.
espardre (Middle French): to spread; to spread out
Ancestry of “espardre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | espardre | to spread; to spread out |
| 2 | Latin | spargō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pregʰ- | to scatter, to jerk |