Spir(e) [Spire, Spir]

Morpheme

Spir(e) [Spire, Spir]

Type

free base

Denotation

wreath, coil, twist

Etymology

Latin spīra; Ancient Greek speîra

Evidence

buspirone, spiradenoma, spiral, spiraled, Spiralia, spiraling, spiralise, spiralization, spiralize, spiralized, spiralizer, spiralizes, spiralizing, spirals, spiran, spiran, spiranthy, spire, spirea, spirene, spires, Spirillum, spiro, spiro-, spiroacetal, spiroadamantane, spiroatom, spirobacterium, spirochete, spirocyclase, spirocyclically, spirograph, Spirogyra, spirohydantoin, spiroid, spiroidal, spiroindole, spiroketal, spirolactam, spiroloculine, spirone, spironolactone, spiropentane, spiropyran, spiroquinazoline, Spirorbis, spirotrichous, spiroundecane, Spirulina, spirurian, Spirurida

Homographs

Spire, Spire