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English word spear comes from Old French esperon (Spur (tool used to guide a horse).)
esperon (Old French)
Spur (tool used to guide a horse).
*sperH- (Proto-Indo-European)
*sperHu- (Proto-Indo-European)
*speru (Proto-Germanic)
Spear.
spere (Old English)
Spear, lance, pike, javelin.
spere (Middle English)
Spear.
spear (English)
(intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.. To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object. To make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device. (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.. (now, _, chiefly, _, historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.. [...]