Where does “spiro” come from?

spiro (English) comes from Latin spira, from French trompe, from Middle French trompe, from Old French trompe, from Frankish trumpa — trump, trumpet; trumpet.

spiro (English): Only used in spiro compound; Spironolactone

Definitions

  1. Only used in spiro compound; Spironolactone

Ancestry of “spiro”, step by step

spiro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin spira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinspiraA thing that is coiled, twisted, or wound; A...
2Frenchtrompetrumpet; trunk of an elephant; squinch
3Middle Frenchtrompe—
4Old Frenchtrompetrump, trumpet; horn, trump, trumpet
5Frankishtrumpatrump, trumpet; trumpet

via Albanian Spiro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianSpiro—
2Ancient GreekΣπυρίδων—

Words derived from “spiro”

Every word from Frankish trumpa →