Spout
/spaʊt/noun
A pipe or tube through which liquid is poured or projected, or to gush out suddenly.
Did you know?The English verb and noun *spout* are old water-words, and in some dialects the related sense of a sudden gush helped the word later become slang for rapid, forceful speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*speu-
“to spew, gush, or spit out”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*spūtōną
“to spout, eject, or gush out”
Old English
OE
spūtan
“to spout, spew, or gush forth”
Middle English
ME
spouten
“to emit in a stream; to pour out”
Modern English
English
spout
“to flow out in a stream, or a pipe/tube that directs liquid”