English
spoonbender
From spoon + bender.
Proto-Germanic *spēnuz ‘chip, flake, shaving’
Proto-West Germanic *spānu ‘piece of wood, chip, shaving’
Old English spōn ‘sliver, chip of wood, shaving’
Middle English spoon ‘spoon, chip of wood’
English spoon
Today it means
noun An illusionist who performs spoonbending.
Sources
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