Etymograph

English

spiran

Spiran comes from German Spiran.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentSpiran1
  2. Englishtodayspiran1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English spiran

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentSpiranWiktionary, English spiran
  2. EnglishtodayspiranWiktionary, English spiran

Equivalent to spiro- + -an

Proto-Indo-European *sper-yeh₂-

Ancient Greek σπεῖρα ‘coils or spires of snakes’

Latin spīra ‘a thing that is coiled, twisted, or wound’

English spiro-

Every English word from German Spiran

Today it means

noun Any of a class of bicyclic hydrocarbons in which a carbon atom has two single bonds in each of two rings; a form of spiro compound

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “spiran”. 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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