The story
- Latin · derived fromfacere“to make”
- Latin · derived from-fex“maker”
- Latin · derived fromspina“spine”
- translingual · derived fromSpinifex
- English todayspinifex
From translingual Spinifex (genus name), from Latin spina (“spine”) + Latin -fex (“maker”) (from Latin facere (“to make”)).
Words from the same roots
Latinspina all →
spinespinaspinneyspinule
Latinfacere all →
feasiblecounterfeitabortifacientfactivechylifactiondeltaficationomnific
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.