Spool
/spuːl/noun
A cylindrical device or reel on which thread, wire, film, or other material is wound.
Did you know?Spool is generally traced to a Germanic base meaning a small reel or bobbin, and its deeper relatives survive in words for spinning and winding, showing how everyday tools preserve ancient craft-magic in language.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*spulō-
“a spool, reel, or bobbin”
Middle Dutch
Dutch
spoele
“a reel or bobbin”
Middle Low German
Gm
spole
“a reel or spool”
Late Middle English
English
spole
“a reel for thread or yarn”
Modern English
English
spool
“a cylindrical reel for winding thread, wire, film, or similar material”