spyne
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French espine and its ancestor Latin spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspyne (plural spynis)
Descendants
edit- English: spine
References
edit- “spīn(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-25.
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