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Thread #91222   Message #1733745
Posted By: Amos
05-May-06 - 10:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Origins of the word 'spaw'
Subject: RE: BS: Origins of the word 'spaw'
Actually, it is from a totallly different root, which is only cognate through the sort of semantic coincidence that gives us "though" and "thought".

The word derives from Olde English; when it was used it was the future pluperfect of the verb "to spew" which meant then pretty much what it means today.

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