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Where does “spurless” come from?

spurless (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...

spurless (English): Without spurs

Definitions

  1. Without spurs

Ancestry of “spurless”, 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*spurō—
5Proto-Germanicspurôspur
6Proto-Indo-Europeansper-to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...
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