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Where does “spurreth” come from?

spurreth (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...

spurreth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...

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  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “spurreth”, 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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