Pour One Out for Spelling Reform

Yesterday on social media, I saw someone use the word "pore" as in "pore over a document" correctly.

The fact that I noticed it told me how unusual the correct usage is.

I was remarking on this to my other half tonight, and it made me wonder about the etymology of the verb pore. I assumed it's not related to the noun pore, since they seem to have no meaning in common.

It turns out I was right about that. Pore, the noun, has a clear etymology from Old French, Latin and Greek, and before that Indo-European.

The verb pore, however, is a word of unknown origin from the 13th century. "Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *purian, suggested by spyrian "to investigate, examine" (cognate with Old Norse spyrja) and spor "a trace, vestige."

Pore (two different meanings)... pour... poor. Who really needs those different spellings? The more I think about it, the more I remember I like spelling reform.