Etymology

speare

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Today it means: An English surname transferred from the nickname or originating as an occupation. Full definition →

Middle English spere ← Old English spere
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  1. Old English · inherited fromspere“spear”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromspere“spear”
  3. English todaySpeare

Variant form of Spear, from Middle English spere (“spear”), from Old English spere (“spear”), variously intending a spearman, a spearmaker, or a person tall and thin in a way reminiscent of a spear.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishspere all →

spherespear

Old Englishspere all →

spear

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.