Etymology

spontoon

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Today it means: A pointed weapon similar to a pike. Full definition →

Middle French sponton ← Italian spontone
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  1. Italian · derived fromspontone
  2. Middle French · derived fromsponton
  3. English todayspontoon

From Middle French sponton (also esponton), from Italian spontone, from spunta (“pike”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.