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Where does “Spike” come from?

Spike (English) comes from Middle Dutch spīker, from Old Dutch spīkāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

Ancestry of “Spike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchspīker—
2Old Dutchspīkāri—
3Proto-West Germanicspīkārīgranary
4Latinspicarium—
5Latin-ārium—
6Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
7Proto-Italic*-om—
8Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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