alba spina
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From alba (“white”) + spīna (“thorn”). Attested in Late Latin glosses, but also found, in the opposite order spīna alba, as early as Pliny.[1]
Noun[edit]
alba spīna f (genitive albae spīnae); first declension
Descendants[edit]
- Feminine forms:
- Franco-Provençal: obepina, obepna, orbepena, obepena
- Old French: albe spine, aube espine, aubespine
- Middle French: aulbe-espine, aubespine
- 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
- Old Occitan: albespi
- ⇒ Portuguese: espinheiro-alvar
- ⇒ Spanish: espino albar
References[edit]
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “alba spina”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 298