alba spina

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See also: albaspina and albaspină

Latin

Etymology

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

alba spīna f (genitive albae spīnae); first declension

  1. hawthorn

Descendants

References

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