atspring

English

Etymology

From Middle English atspringen, ætspringen, from Old English ætspringan (“to rush forth, spurt out, spring out”), equivalent to at- +‎ spring. Compare Dutch ontspringen (“to spring, well, outflow”), German entspringen (“to spring from, escape, arise”).

Verb

atspring (third-person singular simple present atsprings, present participle atspringing, simple past atsprang, past participle atsprung)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To spring forth; emerge; spring into existence; originate.

Anagrams

• partings, pratings, tripangs