English

prespinal

From pre- + spinal.

Formed from pre- + spinal

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘sharp point’

Proto-Italic *speinā ‘thorn’

Latin spīna ‘a prickle, spine’

Late Latin spīnālis ‘of or belonging to the spine’

Today it means

adj prevertebral

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

Etymograph / prespinal