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Where does “spir” come from?

spir (Middle English) comes from Old English spīr, from Proto-Germanic spīrō.

Ancestry of “spir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspīr—
2Proto-Germanicspīrō—

Words derived from “spir”

  • spire
  • spired
  • spiry
  • spiring
  • spirelet
  • spirelike
  • spireless
  • spir
  • spir
Every word from Proto-Germanic spīrō →