English
spinitis
From spine + -itis.
Formed from spine + -itis
Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘sharp point’
Proto-Italic *speinā ‘thorn’
Latin spīna ‘thorn’
Old French espine
Middle English spyne ‘a spine’
English spine
Today it means
noun inflammation of the spinal cord in the horse, etc.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “spinitis”. 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.
Etymograph / spinitis