σπαρνός
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- sparse, rare, scarce
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (twist, scatter, strew, be quick, sow, twitch, turn, fidget, jump, flinch, push, be productive, earn), *sper- (twist, scatter, strew, be quick, sow, twitch, turn, fidget, jump, flinch, push, be productive, earn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sper-
Gloss
twist, scatter, strew, be quick, sow, twitch, turn, fidget, jump, flinch, push, be productive, earn
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
踊
Emoji
🪢
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- donut spare English
- forspare English
- nonspare English
- spare English
- spareable English
- spareful English
- spareless English
- sparely English
- spareness English
- sparer English
- sparest English
- spareth English
- spary English
- unspare English
- parco Latin
- pars Latin
- partialis Latin
- particeps Latin
- partiālis Latin
- sporta Latin
- spurius Latin
- διασπορά Ancient Greek
- σπάργανον Ancient Greek
- σπεῖρα Ancient Greek
- σπεῖρον Ancient Greek
- σπορά Ancient Greek
- σπόρος Ancient Greek
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *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
- *sparaz Proto-Germanic
- *sparāną Proto-Germanic
- *sprēwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *spurnaną Proto-Germanic
- *spurô Proto-Germanic
- part Swedish
- spreawlian Old English
- spare Middle English
- spáráil Irish
- spare Danish
- part Czech
- pars Old French
- part Old French
- partur Icelandic
- partur Faroese
- shperr Albanian
- 士啤 Chinese
- *partis Proto-Italic
- *pe-arkō, *pearkō Proto-Italic
- *sparja Proto-Albanian
- *parθ Proto-Brythonic
- 𐌔𐌓𐌖𐌓𐌀𐌋 Etruscan