albaspina

See also: albaspină and alba spina

Italian

Etymology

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

albaspina f (plural albaspine)

Synonym of biancospino

References

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

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

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