spina
English
noun
Definitions
- A spine; the backbone.
- One of the quills of a spinet.
- (historical) A barrier dividing the Ancient Roman hippodrome longitudinally.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spīna (thorn, spine, prickle, spike).
Origin
Latin
spīna
Gloss
thorn, spine, prickle, spike
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *albispīna Latin
- Spīnālium Latin
- altispinosus Latin
- longispinus Latin
- multispinosus Latin
- spinetum Latin
- spineus Latin
- spinifer Latin
- spiniger Latin
- spīna Latin
- spīnula Latin
- spīnālis Latin
- spina Italian
- σαῦρος Ancient Greek
- espine Old French
- shpinë Albanian
- espinna Old Portuguese
- *speinā Proto-Italic
- espina Asturian
- spine Friulian
- espina Old Occitan
- espina Old Spanish
- spaina Dalmatian