English

mastspore

Mastspore comes from Middle English mastspore.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of mast + spur

Proto-Indo-European *mazdos ‘pole, mast’

Proto-Germanic *mastaz ‘mast, sail-pole’

Proto-West Germanic *mast

Old English mæst

Middle English mast

English mast

Proto-Indo-European *sperH- ‘to kick’

Proto-Germanic *spurô

Proto-West Germanic *spurō

Old English spora

Middle English spure

English spur

Every English word from Middle English mastspore

noun Synonym of mast step.

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