Etymograph

English

acrospire

acro- + spire

Formed from acro- + spire

Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘long, thin, sharp’

Proto-Germanic *spīrō ‘peak’

Old English spīr

Middle English spire

English spire

Today it means

noun The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / acrospire