English
spearproof
From spear + -proof.
Formed from spear + -proof
Proto-Indo-European *sperH- ‘to kick’
Proto-Germanic *speru
Proto-West Germanic *speru
Old English spere ‘spear, lance, pike, javelin’
Middle English spere ‘a spear or lance’
English spear
Today it means
adj Resistant to spears.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “spearproof”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / spearproof