albaspina

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See also: albaspină and alba spina

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

albaspina f (plural albaspine)

  1. Synonym of biancospino

References[edit]

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