Spear

Morpheme

Spear

Type

free base

Denotation

spout, stalk, spire

Etymology

variant of spire (probably influenced by spear “weapon”; Middle English spyre, spier, spir; Old English spīr

Evidence

spear, spearmint, spearminty, spears

See Also

Spire, Spear

Homographs

Spear