English
spiry
From spire + -y.
A compound of spire + -y
Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘long, thin, sharp’
Proto-Germanic *spīrō ‘peak’
Old English spīr
Middle English spire
English spire
Today it means
adj Like or resembling a spire.
Sources
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