albaspina
See also: albaspină and alba spina
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Late Latin alba spīna, perhaps borrowed via another Romance language. (Von Wartburg indicates that the feminine version did not survive outside of Gallo-Romance.)[1]
Noun edit
albaspina f (plural albaspine)
- Synonym of biancospino
References edit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “alba spina”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 298