spinney

spinney · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromspīna“thorn”
2. Latin · derived fromspīnētum“thorny thicket”
3. Middle French · derived fromespinoye“thorny thicket”
4. Middle English · inherited fromspenné
5. English todayspinney

From Middle English spenné, from Middle French espinoye (“thorny thicket”), espinaye, from Latin spīnētum (“thorny thicket”), from Latin spīna (“thorn”).

spinney · noun²

Clipping of spinnaker + -y.

Words from the same roots