Etymology

spica

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Today it means: A spike (kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis). Full definition →

Latin spica ← Proto-Italic *speikā ← Proto-Indo-European *spey-der.?
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spica · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*spey-der.?
  2. Proto-Italic*speikā
  3. Latinspica
  4. English todayspica

Learned borrowing from Latin spica.

Spica · proper noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromspīca
  2. English todaySpica

From Latin spīca virginis (“Virgo's ear of grain”).

Words from the same roots

Latinspica all →

spigotspiciform

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