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