English
spinefootspinefoot
From spine + foot.
A compound of spine + foot
Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘sharp point’
Proto-Italic *speinā ‘thorn’
Latin spīna ‘thorn’
Old French espine
Middle English spyne ‘a spine’
English spine
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’
Proto-West Germanic *fōt
Old English fōt ‘foot’
Middle English fot ‘foot’
English foot
Today it means
noun A rabbitfish.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “spinefoot”. 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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