Where does “spineto” come from?
spineto (Italian) comes from Italian spino, from Latin spinus, from Latin spīna, from Proto-Italic speinā, from Proto-Indo-European spēy- — to stretch; thrive; succeed.
spineto (Italian): thorny thicket
Ancestry of “spineto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | spino | briar, thornbush |
| 2 | Latin | spinus | thorn-bush, black-thorn, sloe-tree |
| 3 | Latin | spīna | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | speinā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | spēy- | to stretch; thrive; succeed |