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Spread

2 stages from Old English to English.

Today it means to extend over a wider area, or a paste for spreading on food
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Stage 1 of 2
spredan
Old English · old english
"to extend, to stretch out"
to extend, to stretch out
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Stage 2 of 2
spread
English · 1200s
"to extend over an area"
settled as the modern English word for extending over an area
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