albaspina
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See also: albaspină and alba spina
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Late Latin alba spīna, perhaps borrowed via another Romance language. (Von Wartburg indicates that the feminine version did not survive outside of Gallo-Romance.)[1]
Noun[edit]
albaspina f (plural albaspine)
- Synonym of biancospino
References[edit]
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “alba spina”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 298