Jumping or leaping suddenly upward or forward; moving with elastic energy or resilience.
From Old English 'springan,' related to Germanic roots meaning to jump. The 'spring' in springtime comes from the same root—plants springing up from the ground.
Spring the season, spring the metal coil, and spring the verb all share one root because of that action of sudden upward movement in nature and physics.
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