Etymograph

English

spinback

From spin + back.

A compound of spin + back

Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- ‘to twist’

Proto-Germanic *spinnaną ‘to spin’

Old English spinnan ‘to spin’

Middle English spinnen ‘to spin or convert fibre into yarn’

English spin

Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’

Proto-West Germanic *bak

Old English bæc

Middle English bak ‘the back’

English back

Today it means

noun A disc jockey's technique of suddenly playing a section of a record in reverse.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “spinback”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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