spyne
Middle English
/ˈspiːn(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A spine prickle or needle of an animal
- (rare) A spine set of bones
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French espine derived from Latin spīna (thorn, spine, prickle, spike) derived from Proto-Italic *speinā.
Origin
Proto-Italic
*speinā
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- despine English
- finspine English
- fourspine English
- holospine English
- microspine English
- protospine English
- spina English
- spinal English
- spinate English
- spine English
- spine pig English
- spineback English
- spinebill English
- spinebuster English
- spined English
- spinefoot English
- spineless English
- spinelet English
- spinelike English
- spinely English
- spinescent English
- spinetail English
- spiniferous English
- spinitis English
- spinoid English
- spinophilin English
- spinous English
- spiny English
- *albispīna Latin
- Spīnālium Latin
- altispinosus Latin
- longispinus Latin
- multispinosus Latin
- spina Latin
- spinetum Latin
- spineus Latin
- spinifer Latin
- spiniger Latin
- spīna Latin
- spīnula Latin
- spīnus Latin
- spīnālis Latin
- spina Italian
- σαῦρος Ancient Greek
- *spey- Proto-Indo-European
- espine Old French
- shpinë Albanian
- espine Middle French
- espinna Old Portuguese
- *speinā Proto-Italic
- espina Asturian
- spine Friulian
- espina Old Occitan
- espina Old Spanish
- spaina Dalmatian
- spene Walloon