English
spired
From spire + -ed.
Formed from spire + -ed
Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘long, thin, sharp’
Proto-Germanic *spīrō ‘peak’
Old English spīr
Middle English spire
English spire
Today it means
adj having a spire
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “spired”. 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 / spired