Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting. · To move with a spade, or as with a spade.
From Middle English spade, from Old English spada, spade, spadu (“spade”), from Proto-Germanic *spadô. Doublet of spatha, spathe, and épée.
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