Where does “spirula” come from?

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

spirula (English): Any mollusk of the cephalopod genus Spirula, of...

Definitions

  1. Any mollusk of the cephalopod genus Spirula, of...

Ancestry of “spirula”, step by step

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
Every word from Frankish trumpa →