英语词汇freckle的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	freckle
词源	freckle n. late 14c., also frecken, probably from Old Norse freknur (plural) "freckles" (source also of Icelandic frekna, Danish fregne, Swedish frägne "freckle"), from PIE (s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (see sprout (v.)). Related: Freckles. freckle v. "to cover with spots," 1610s, from freckle (n.). Related: Freckled (from late 14c. as "spotted"); freckling. Entries linking to freckle* sprout v. Old English -sprutan (in asprutan "to sprout"), from Proto-Germanic sprut- (source also of Old Saxon sprutan, Old Frisian spruta, Middle Dutch spruten, Old High German spriozan, German sprießen "to sprout"), from PIE spreud-, extended form of root *sper- "to strew" (perhaps also the source of Old English spreawlian "to sprawl," sprædan "to spread," spreot "pole;" Armenian sprem "scatter;" Old Lithuanian sprainas "staring, opening wide one's eyes;" Lettish spriežu "I span, I measure"). Related: Sprouted; sprouting. updated on January 05, 2015
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freckle n.