spire

French

noun

Definitions

turn of a spiral

Etymology

Derived from Latin spira (a coil) derived from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (coil, wreath, twist).

Origin

Ancient Greek

σπεῖρα

Gloss

coil, wreath, twist

Concept

Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

spiricle English
spira Latin
spiralis Latin
σαπρός Ancient Greek
σπείρα Ancient Greek
σπειραία Ancient Greek
σπεῖρα Ancient Greek
χαίτη Ancient Greek
*sper- Proto-Indo-European
spirála Czech
σπείρα Greek (modern)