From Middle English sprengen, from Old English *sprencan, sprengan, sprencgan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijanÄ…, causative of Proto-Germanic *springanÄ…. Cognate with Dutch sprengen, German sprengen. Doublet of English springe.
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