spume

• vi. 起泡沫
• vt. 喷吐（泡沫）
• n. 泡沫

来自拉丁语 spuma,泡沫，来自 PIE*spoi-mo,泡沫，可能为拟声词，模仿喷涌的声音，词源同 foam.拼写比较 spring,frog,splint,flint.

1. foam or froth on the sea

spume

spume: see foam

spume (n.)

late 14c., from Old French spume, from Latin spuma "foam" (also source of Italian spuma, Spanish espuma); cognate with Old English fam, Old High German veim "foam" (see foam (n.)).