alba spina

See also: albaspina and albaspină

Latin

Etymology

From alba (“white”) +‎ spīna (“thorn”). Attested in Late Latin glosses, but also found, in the opposite order spīna alba, as early as Pliny.

Noun

alba spīna f (genitive albae spīnae); first declension

1. hawthorn

Descendants

• Feminine forms:
  • Franco-Provençal: obepina, obepna, orbepena, obepena
  • Old French: albe spine, aube espine, aubespine
    • Middle French: aulbe-espine, aubespine
      • French: aubépine
      • → Occitan: aubespina, obepina
    • Picard: aubépéne, eubépine, oblèpine
    • Walloon: hârdispène, dârdèspène, àbe-di-spène, ardèspine
• Masculine forms:
  • Catalan: albespí
  • Franco-Provençal: arbèpin
  • Old French: aube espin, abe espin, abespin, albespin, aubespin
    • Middle French: aulbespin, aubepin
      • French: aubépin (obsolete?)
  • Old Occitan: albespi
    • Occitan: albespin, aubespin
  • ⇒ Portuguese: espinheiro-alvar
  • ⇒ Spanish: espino albar