English

macrospinous

From macro- + spinous.

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’

Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘long, thin, sharp’

Proto-Italic *speinā ‘thorn’

Latin spīna ‘thorn’

Latin spinōsus ‘thorny, prickly’

Today it means

adj Having large spines.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / macrospinous