speck
English
/spɛk/
noun
Definitions
- A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.
- A very small thing; a particle; a whit.
- (fish) A small etheostomoid fish, , common in the eastern United States.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English spekke inherited from Old English specca (stain, small spot).
Origin
Old English
specca
Gloss
stain, small spot
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fly English
- flyspeck English
- flyspecked English
- flyspecking English
- specked English
- speckiness English
- speckless English
- specklessness English
- specklike English
- specky English
- specca Old English
- speckyd Middle English
- spekke Middle English
- spæk Danish
- spækhugger Danish
- spækhøker Danish
- spek Old High German
- Speck Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- spek Middle Low German