Etymology of the English word spurry
the English word
spurryusing the English suffix
-yderived from the English word
spurderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sperə-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*spuronderived from the Dutch word
spurriederived from the Middle Dutch word
speuriederived from the Medieval Latin word
sperguladerived from the Latin word
spargere (scatter, strew, sprinkle)
Date
The earliest known usage of spurry in English dates from the 16th century.
Cognates
Dutch
spurrie, French
spergule, German
Spörgel, Swedish
spärgelUsage
Word found in Modern English
