espiga

Galician

[esˈpiɣɐ]

noun

Definitions

spike (ear of grain)
part of the axis that protrudes past the wheel

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese espiga inherited from Latin spīca (spike, ear of corn, an ear of corn).

Origin

Latin

spīca

Gloss

spike, ear of corn, an ear of corn

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

spiceus Latin
spicilegium Latin
spīca Latin
spiga Italian
*spheh₁y- Proto-Indo-European
espiga Portuguese
respigar Portuguese
spigot Middle English
espiga Catalan, Valencian
espigo Galician
espiga Old Portuguese
espiga Asturian
espiga Old Occitan
espiga Old Spanish
spaica Dalmatian

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