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Where does “aerospike” come from?

aerospike (English) comes from English Spike, 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.

aerospike (English): Any of several forms of rocket engine having...

Definitions

  1. Any of several forms of rocket engine having...

Ancestry of “aerospike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSpike—
2Middle Dutchspīker—
3Old Dutchspīkāri—
4Proto-West Germanicspīkārīgranary
5Latinspicarium—
6Latin-ārium—
7Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
8Proto-Italic*-om—
9Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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