spinacio

Italian

Alternative forms

• spinace (uncommon)

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ (espanâx), probably through Ibero-Romance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiˈna.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -atʃo
• Hyphenation: spi‧nà‧cio

Noun

spinacio m (plural spinaci)

1. spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
2. (usually in the plural) spinach (as food)

Descendants

• → Middle High German: spināt (final -t perhaps influenced by Salat)
  • German: Spinat
    • → Russian: шпинат (špinat)
      • → Bashkir: шпинат (şpinat)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: шпинат / špìnāt
    • → Ukrainian: шпина́т (špynát)

Further reading

• spinacio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• ispanico, pisciano