English
Spears
From Spear + -s.
Formed from Spear + -s
Proto-Indo-European *sperH- ‘to kick’
Proto-Germanic *speru
Proto-West Germanic *speru
Old English spere ‘spear, lance, pike, javelin’
Middle English spere ‘a spear or lance’
English Spear
Today it means
name An English surname transferred from the nickname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spears