spool
English
/spuːl/
noun
Definitions
- A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
- (computing) A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English spole derived from spole derived from Middle Dutch spoele derived from Old Dutch *spōla derived from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ (spool) derived from Proto-Indo-European *spel- (tell, split, break off, break, cleave).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*spel-
Gloss
tell, split, break off, break, cleave
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
告
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ear English
- earspool English
- free English
- freespool English
- multispool English
- respool English
- spoolable English
- spooler English
- spoolie English
- transpool English
- unspool English
- fallo Latin
- Spule German
- spulen German
- spoel Dutch, Flemish
- *spel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gaspilþijaną Proto-Germanic
- *spellą Proto-Germanic
- *spillijaną Proto-Germanic
- *spōlǭ Proto-Germanic
- スプール Japanese
- spole Middle English
- spole Old French
- spoele Middle Dutch
- spuola Old High German
- առասպել Old Armenian
- spoel Afrikaans
- spuole Middle High German
- faj Albanian
- *spuola Old Dutch
- *spōla Old Dutch
- 스풀 Korean
- spole ONF.