Sparkle
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Middle English: frequentative (verb) or diminutive (noun) of spark1.
wiktionary
From Middle English sparkel, sparkle, sparcle, equivalent to spark + -le(diminutive suffix).
From Middle English sparklen, sperclen, equivalent to spark + -le(frequentative verb). Cognate with Dutch sparkelen(“to sparkle”).
etymonline
sparkle (v.)
c. 1200, "to shine as if giving off sparks," frequentative verb form of Middle English sparke (see spark (v.)). Meaning "emit sparks" is from late 15c. Related: Sparkled; sparkling.
sparkle (n.)
early 14c., from sparkle (v.), or a diminutive of spark (n.).
