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)

1. A spine (prickle or needle of an animal)
2. (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 25 June 2018.