sentences:  Spoor is useful for discovering or surveying what types of animals live in an area, or in animal tracking.The word originated c. 1823, from Cape Dutch "spoor", from Middle Dutch "spor", which is cognate with Old English "spor" "footprint, track, trace" and modern English language "spurn" (as in ankle).It is cognate also with spur, the metal tool on the heels of riding boots.