Where does “esperonner” come from?

esperonner (Middle French) comes from Old French esperoner, from Old French esperon, from Frankish sporo, from Proto-Germanic spurô, from Proto-Indo-European sper- — to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

esperonner (Middle French): to spur

Definitions

  1. to spur

Ancestry of “esperonner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchesperonerto spur
2Old Frenchesperonspur
3Frankishsporospur
4Proto-Germanicspurôspur
5Proto-Indo-Europeansper-to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sper- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spurô →Every word from Frankish sporo →