English
spiter
From spite + -er.
Formed from spite + -er
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’
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Latin dēspiciō ‘to look down, despise’
Latin dēspectum ‘looking down on’
Old French despit
Middle English spit
English spite
Today it means
noun One who spites (someone).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “spiter”. 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 / spiter