spittle
n.
"saliva, spit," late 15c., probably an alteration (by influence of spit, n.1) of Old English spætl, spatl, from Proto-Germanic *spait- (cognates: Old English spætan "to spit"), from PIE root *sp(y)eu- "to spew, spit" (see spew, v.).
| 词汇 | spittle |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary spittle n. "saliva, spit," late 15c., probably an alteration (by influence of spit, n.1) of Old English spætl, spatl, from Proto-Germanic *spait- (cognates: Old English spætan "to spit"), from PIE root *sp(y)eu- "to spew, spit" (see spew, v.). |
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