English

forespur

From fore- + spur.

Formed from fore- + spur

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’

Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’

English fore-

Proto-Indo-European *sperH- ‘to kick’

Proto-Germanic *spurô

Proto-West Germanic *spurō

Old English spora

Middle English spure

English spur

Today it means

noun A spur positioned at the fore, or facing forward.

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

Etymograph / forespur