Where does “Spurs” come from?

Spurs (English) comes from English Spur, from Middle English spure, from Old English spora, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic spurô, from Proto-Indo-European sper- — to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

Spurs (English): Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

Definitions

  1. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

Ancestry of “Spurs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSpursomeone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a...
2Middle EnglishspureAlternative form of spore; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishspora—
4Proto-West Germanic*spurōspur
5Proto-Germanicspurôspur
6Proto-Indo-Europeansper-to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

Words derived from “Spurs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sper- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spurô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spurō →