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Where does “spirofused” come from?

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

spirofused (English): fused so as to form a spiro compound

Definitions

  1. fused so as to form a spiro compound

Ancestry of “spirofused”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspiroOnly used in spiro compound; Spironolactone
2LatinspiraA thing that is coiled, twisted, or wound; A...
3Frenchtrompetrumpet; trunk of an elephant; squinch
4Middle Frenchtrompe—
5Old Frenchtrompetrump, trumpet; horn, trump, trumpet
6Frankishtrumpatrump, trumpet; trumpet
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