spyne

Middle English

Alternative forms

spine, spin, spyn, spina

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French espine and its ancestor Latin spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspiːn(ə)/, /ˈspiːna/

Noun

spyne (plural spynis)

A spine (prickle or needle of an animal)
(rare) A spine (set of bones)

Descendants

English: spine

References

“spīn(e (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-25.

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