Spine

Morpheme

Spine

Type

free base

Denotation

backbone, thorn, prickle

Etymology

Middle English spyne; Old French espine; Latin spīna

Evidence

cerebrospinal, despine, finspine, holospine, microspine, multispine, musculospinal, protospine, spina, spinae, spinal, spinate, spination, spine, spineback, spinebill, spined, spinefoot, spineless, spines, spinet, spinetail, spiniferous, spiniform, spinigerous, spinigrade, spinitis, spinobrachial, spinocervical, spinocortical, spinoid, spinosacral, spinosaurus, spinose, spinosum, spinous, spinule, spiny

Notes

spine and spina are doublets

See Also

Pine