alba spina

See also: albaspina and albaspină

Latin

Etymology

From alba (“white”) +‎ spīna (“thorn”). Attested in Late Latin glosses, but also found, in the opposite order spīna alba, as early as Pliny.[1]

Noun

alba spīna f (genitive albae spīnae); first declension

  1. hawthorn

Descendants
  • Feminine forms:
    • Franco-Provençal: obepina, obepna, orbepena, obepena
    • Old French: albe spine, aube espine, aubespine
      • Middle French: aulbe-espine, aubespine
        • French: aubépine
        • → Occitan: aubespina, obepina
      • Picard: aubépéne, eubépine, oblèpine
      • Walloon: hârdispène, dârdèspène, àbe-di-spène, ardèspine
  • Masculine forms:
    • Catalan: albespí
    • Franco-Provençal: arbèpin
    • Old French: aube espin, abe espin, abespin, albespin, aubespin
      • Middle French: aulbespin, aubepin
        • French: aubépin (obsolete?)
    • Old Occitan: albespi
    • ⇒ Portuguese: espinheiro-alvar
    • ⇒ Spanish: espino albar

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “alba spina”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 298
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