spurius
Latin
adj
Definitions
- of illegitimate birth
- false, spurious
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (twist, scatter, strew, be quick, sow, twitch, turn, fidget, jump, flinch, push, be productive, earn) derived from Etruscan 𐌔𐌓𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋 (public).
Origin
Etruscan
𐌔𐌓𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋
Gloss
public
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonspurious English
- spurion English
- spuriosity English
- spurious English
- spuriously English
- spuriousness English
- unspurious English
- sperno Latin
- sporta Latin
- spurio Italian
- espurio Spanish, Castilian
- διασπορά Ancient Greek
- σπάργανον Ancient Greek
- σπαρνός Ancient Greek
- σπεῖρα Ancient Greek
- σπεῖρον Ancient Greek
- σπορά Ancient Greek
- σπόρος Ancient Greek
- *sper- Proto-Indo-European
- *sper-to Proto-Indo-European
- *sperH- Proto-Indo-European
- *spor- Proto-Indo-European
- *sprend- Proto-Indo-European
- *spérmn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *spéryeti Proto-Indo-European
- espúrio Portuguese
- *sparaz Proto-Germanic
- *sparāną Proto-Germanic
- *sprēwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *spurnaną Proto-Germanic
- *spurô Proto-Germanic
- spreawlian Old English
- șpur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- *sparja Proto-Albanian
- 𐌔𐌓𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋 Etruscan