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spindle

/sˈpɪndəl/SPIN-duhl
/sˈpɪndəl/SPIN-duhl

Meaningspindle

Common meaning: rod used for spinning thread

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SPA or SPAN‘draw out, extend, increase’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 436, p. 746 · scan
  2. Old Englishspinl‘spindle’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishspinel‘spindle’source
  4. Englishspindle‘rod used for spinning thread’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English spinl ‘spindle’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry SPINDLE, p. 507 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • spinl Old English “spindle”

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