Meaning

noun a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

noun an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers

originFrom Middle English sprig, sprigge, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Low German sprik, spricke (“a dry, easily broken twig that has fallen from a tree; sprig”). Compare also dialectal English sprag (“sprig, twig”), English spray (“branch”), Old English spræc (“a shoot”), German Low German Spricke, Sprick (“dry branch, twig”).

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