English
Spikeophile
From Spike + -o- + -phile.
Formed from Spike + -o- + -phile
Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘to be pointed’
Proto-Germanic *spīkō ‘stick, splinter, point’
Old Norse spík ‘spike, sprig’
Middle English spike
English Spike
Today it means
noun A fan of the character Spike from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spikeophile