Etymology of the English word spearman
the English word
spearmanderived from the English word
manderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*manwazderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*man-derived from the English word
spearderived from the Old French word
esperederived from the Latin word
sphaera (globe, sphere, orb)
derived from the Greek word
sphaira, σφαῖρα, σϕαῖρα (ball)
unkown origins
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*speriUsage
Word found in Modern English