spurcus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- dirty, foul, unclean
- (figuratively) morally-polluted, base, mean
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *sporkos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *spr̥ḱós, *sperH- (kick, trample).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sperH-
Gloss
kick, trample
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sparus Latin
- sperno Latin
- spurcitia Latin
- spurcities Latin
- sporcamente Italian
- sporchissimo Italian
- sporcizia Italian
- sporco Italian
- διασπείρω Ancient Greek
- σπέρμα Ancient Greek
- σπείρω Ancient Greek
- σπορά Ancient Greek
- *(s)pregʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *sper- Proto-Indo-European
- *sperH- Proto-Indo-European
- *spr̥ḱós Proto-Indo-European
- *speru Proto-Germanic
- *spurnaną Proto-Germanic
- *spurô Proto-Germanic
- *spurą Proto-Germanic
- पर्जन्य Sanskrit
- spornyng Middle English
- esperon Old French
- frus Serbo-Croatian
- spurc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fruth Albanian
- *sporkos Proto-Italic
- sporc Friulian
- sporcu Sicilian
- spórco Venetian
- *spurtˢa Proto-Albanian
- σπέρνω gkm
- *spéřřō Proto-Hellenic