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spittle (n.)
"saliva, spit," late 15c., probably an alteration (by influence of
spit
(n.1)) of Old English
spætl
,
spatl
, from Proto-Germanic
*spait-
(cognates: Old English
spætan
"to spit"), from PIE root
*sp(y)eu-
"to spew, spit" (see
spew
(v.)).