Etymology

spinous

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Today it means: Having many spines. Full definition →

Latin spinōsus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromspinōsus
  2. English todayspinous

From spine + -ous, or borrowed from Latin spinōsus.

Words from the same roots

Latinspinōsus all →

spinose

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