Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate. · To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally. · To furnish with a spire.
The stalk or stem of a plant. · A young shoot of a plant; a spear. · Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc. · A sharp or tapering point.
From Middle English spire, spyre, spier, spir, from Old English spīr, from Proto-Germanic *spīrō, *spīrǭ (“peak; point; tip; stalk”). Cognate with Dutch spier, German Low German Spier, German Spier, Spiere, Danish spir, Norwegian spir and spire, Swedish spira, Icelandic spíra.
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This page abbreviates 3 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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