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Where does “esperoner” come from?

esperoner (Old French) comes 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...

esperoner (Old French): to spur

Definitions

  1. to spur

Ancestry of “esperoner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchesperonspur
2Frankishsporospur
3Proto-Germanicspurôspur
4Proto-Indo-Europeansper-to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

Words derived from “esperoner”

  • esperonner
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