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)

  1. Synonym of biancospino

References edit

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “alba spina”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 298