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Where does “Spoon” come from?

Spoon (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German spân, from English Spander, from English Spike, from Middle Dutch spīker, from Old Dutch spīkāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium.

Spoon (German Low German): chip; flake; splinter

Definitions

  1. chip; flake; splinter

Ancestry of “Spoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanspân—
2EnglishSpander—
3EnglishSpike—
4Middle Dutchspīker—
5Old Dutchspīkāri—
6Proto-West Germanicspīkārīgranary
7Latinspicarium—
8Latin-ārium—
9Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
10Proto-Italic*-om—
11Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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