come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
[ 'spri[ng] ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English springan; akin to Old High German springan to jump and perhaps to Greek sperchesthai to hasten.