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spiker en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English spike Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English spiker From spike + -er (agent suffix).

Meanings

  1. One who spikes.
  2. An engineer employed to drive in the nails that fasten the rails.
  3. A mechanical device for driving in the nails.

Forms

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