In English, the word syringe comes from the French seringue, which itself is borrowed from Latin. Many languages share this origin, including Portuguese (seringa) and Romanian (seringă). The Latin word syringa was derived from the Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx), meaning “pipe.”
The second linguistic group derives its word for German uses Spritze meaning “to spray.” This root is also found in Russian шприц (špric) and Bulgarian спринцо́вка (sprincóvka).
A third linguistic tradition can be found in Scandinavian languages, where the word for syringe comes from a Dutch root meaning “to squirt” or “spurt.” For instance, Danish and Norwegian use sprøjte and sprøyte.
In contrast, some Central European languages do not follow these roots and instead use calques of the word “injection” in their local languages, resulting in diverse patterns. For example, Slovenian uses “brizga,” and Slovak similarly uses “striekačka.”
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