Spur

Meaning

(feminine) trace (rest of something that indicates its former presence; (by extension) any small amount)
(feminine) trail, track, spoor (path of signs leading somewhere, also e.g. through scent)
(feminine) lead, clue (evidence pointing to a solution)
(feminine) lane (of a street, road)
(feminine) track
(feminine) trace (sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)

trace

track

vestige

lane

trail

spoor

evidence

footprint

touch

mark

lead

rut

groove

traces

shred

indication

sign

aisle

alley

corridor

passage

soupcon

toe

atto-

rain

railroad track

road lane

traffic lane

scar

end

glimpse

speck

proof

ionization track

soupçon

suspicion

notch

fingerprint

imprint

gage

gauge

circumstantial evidence

indirect evidence

presumptive evidence

way

trace of a matrix

suggestion

iota

jot

scintilla

whit

Frequency

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃpuːr/

From Middle High German spur, spor (usually n, also rarely m and f), from Old High German spor, *spur, from Proto-Germanic *spurą n. Cognate to Dutch spoor, whence (through Afrikaans) English spoor.