1670s, "parasite," agent noun from sponge (v.) in figurative sense. As a job on a cannon crew, by 1828.
spondylitis
spondylo-
spondylolisthesis
spondylosis
sponge
sponger
spongiform
spongy
sponsor
sponsorship
spontaneity
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