The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσπεῖρα“wreath, coil, twist”
- Latin · derived fromspīra
- Medieval Latin · derived fromspiralis
- Middle French · derived fromspirale
- English todayspiral
From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spīra, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”).
Words from the same roots
Latinspīra all →
spirospiriclespiriferspirillumspiritrompespirula
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.