Etymograph

English

spontoon

Spontoon comes from Italian spontone, and goes back to spunta ‘pike’.

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentspunta1‘pike’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentspontone1
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600sponton1
  4. Englishtodayspontoon1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English spontoon

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentspuntaWiktionary, English spontoon‘pike’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentspontoneWiktionary, English spontoon
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600spontonWiktionary, English spontoon
  4. EnglishtodayspontoonWiktionary, English spontoon

Every English word from Italian spunta

Today it means

noun A pointed weapon similar to a pike.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “spontoon”. 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.

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